pogy
1 Americannoun
-
pogies
plural
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of pogy
An Americanism dating back to 1855–60; shortening of poghaden, paughagen (a Maine dialectal term, perhaps from Eastern Abenaki ) + -y 2
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
See Examples For:
Omega Protein operates a menhaden - or pogy - fishing fleet with a processing plant and adjacent shipyard in Moss Point.
From Washington Times ● Jul. 29, 2014
A small, oily fish — also called bunker or pogy — the Atlantic menhaden is rarely eaten by humans, and little known outside of coastal circles.
From New York Times ● Dec. 15, 2012
In a host of undersea food chains, menhaden--also known as pogy and bunker--are a common denominator.
From Washington Post ● May 9, 2012
Where the ship hunts for pogy is strictly the business of Captain Crother. a white man who rarely cracks a smile because the Moona Waa Togue is his last stop on a downhill career.
From Time Magazine Archive
But my preference is to tip them with a whole pogy fresh off the ice.
From Time Magazine Archive
Insulated handlebar covers that look like oven mitts, known as pogies, are popular.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 9, 2022
Those leaping silvery fish were menhaden, also known as bunker, or pogies.
From New York Times ● Oct. 26, 2016
In this Thursday, Sept. 16, 2010 photo, dead pogies float in a fish kill in a pass near Bay Joe Wise on the Louisiana coast.
From US News ● Sep. 22, 2016
Vowing not to fall into the trap of slow-trolling live pogies, like 99 percent of the other teams, we chose to get on the hook and fish from a dead boat.
From Time Magazine Archive
An' we used to go out on the Rock Wall an' catch pogies an' rock cod.
From The Valley of the Moon by Jack London
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
