staggy

or stag·gie

[stag-ee]

noun, plural stag·gies. Scot.

a colt.

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Origin of staggy

First recorded in 1780–90; stag + -y²

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Now, however, they are old and staggy, with hollow trunks truly—but what trunks!
Science and Practice in Farm Cultivation
James Buckman
Again, poor old Staggy, daring still in his dotage, took a fall while scrambling on the steep banks of the Stony Bottom.
Bob, Son of Battle
Alfred Ollivant