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staggy

or stag·gie

[ stag-ee ]
/ ˈstæg i /

noun, plural stag·gies. Scot.

a colt.

Words nearby staggy

staggered directorships, staggered hours, staggering, staggering bob, staggers, staggy, staghorn, staghorn coral, staghorn fern, staghorn sumac, staghound

Origin of staggy

First recorded in 1780–90; stag + -y2
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019

Examples from the Web for staggy

  • 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