Mossie

See also: mossie

English

Etymology 1

Diminutive of Maurice +‎ -ie.

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Proper noun

Mossie

  1. (Ireland) A diminutive of the male given name Maurice.

Etymology 2

Form of mossie (“diminutive of mosquito”).

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Noun

Mossie (plural Mossies)

  1. (dated or historical, Britain, military, informal, colloquial) A de Havilland Mosquito.
    • 1983, John Kelly, The Wooden Wolf‎, page 142:
      He leaned into the electric gunsight, aiming the Mossie at the left wingroot between engine and fuselage, where he knew there were fuel tanks — his right thumb mashed the control-column firing button.
    • 1993, Air League of the British Empire, Air Pictorial: Journal of the Air League‎, volume 55, page 8:
      The Mossies were still able to land before the bombers were over the Channel.
    • 2003, Harold A. Skaarup, Maryland, Virginia, and Washington D.C. Warbird Survivors 2003: A Handbook on Where to Find Them‎, page 97:
      Almost 8,000 Mossies were built in Great Britain, Canada and Australia.

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