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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Fromagate +‎-ie.

Noun

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aggie (countable anduncountable,pluralaggies)

  1. (informal) Marble or amarble made ofagate, or one that looks as if it were made of agate.
    • 1950,The Martian Chronicles,Ray Bradbury:
      Mrs. Collins. Never seen so many children out. Snowmen in every yard this year.
      Billy. Look at mine, Mr Willis. Got a baseball for a nose and my bestaggies for eyes.
      Mr. Willis. Yeah, marbles are fine—but in my day we used coal.
    • 1999, Abdelkader Benali, Susan Massotty,Wedding by the Sea, page60:
      Most of the time it went fine; some of his classmates had so many marbles they could have opened up their own shop in smurfs, pirates, purpleaggies and pink panthers.

Etymology 2

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Fromagricultural +‎-ie.

Noun

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aggie (pluralaggies)

  1. (US, informal) An agricultural school, such as one of the stateland-grant colleges.
  2. (US, informal) A student or alumnus of such a school.

Etymology 3

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Adjective

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aggie (comparativemoreaggie,superlativemostaggie)

  1. Alternative form ofaggy
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