Etymology

timmynoggy

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Today it means: A rope used on a ship to prevent other lines and riggings tangling with each other. Full definition →

Old French timon
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The story

  1. Old French · derived fromtimon“tiller”
  2. English todaytimmynoggy

Probably ultimately based on Old French Old French timon (“tiller”) + English guy.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.