coggie
Definitions
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- noun A small wooden bowl.
- noun The contents of a coggie, as porridge, brose, liquor, etc.
Examples
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Seeing I was homeless, he said he would fend me for the night, and, going into the house, he brought out a coggie of milk and a barley scone.
The Narrative of Gordon Sellar Who Emigrated to Canada in 1825
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One sings of his coggie, as if he were in the custom of gulping his whisky all alone; many describe the boisterous carousals in which they made fools of themselves; not a few extol the power and properties of whisky, and incite to Bacchanalian pleasures; and we have several good songs suitable for singing at the close of an evening pleasantly spent, but almost none which express the feelings that naturally well-up when one sees his friends around him, becomes exhilarated through pleasant social intercourse, and finds the path of life smoothed and sweetened by the aid of his brothers.
The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume III The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century
Note
The word 'coggie' is a diminutive of the word 'cogue' ('a small wooden vessel, a pail'). The origin of 'cogue' is obscure.
