aggie

plural aggies

1. countableinformaluncountableMarble or a marble made of agate, or one that looks as if it were made of agate.

   Most of the time it went fine; some of his classmates had so many marbles they could have opened up their own shop in smurfs, pirates, purple aggies and pink panthers.

   1999, Abdelkader Benali, Susan Massotty, Wedding by the Sea, page 60

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   Mrs. Collins. Never seen so many children out. Snowmen in every yard this year. Billy. Look at mine, Mr Willis. Got a baseball for a nose and my best aggies for eyes. Mr. Willis. Yeah, marbles are fine—but in my day we used coal.

   1950, The Martian Chronicles, Ray Bradbury

plural aggies

1. USinformalAn agricultural school, such as one of the state land-grant colleges.
2. USinformalA student or alumnus of such a school.

comparative more aggie · superlative most aggie

1. alternativeAlternative form of aggy.

   I got aggie like a motherfucker.

   2006, Noire [pseudonym], Thug-A-Licious: An Urban Erotic Tale, New York, N.Y.: One World, Ballantine Books, →ISBN, page 191

1. A diminutive of the female given names Agnes and Agatha.

   "Why do you call Mrs. Stone Aggie? Agnes is such a beautiful name, it is a shame to nick it in that way." Then, quickly regretting his impatience, he added, "You would not have been jealous, would you, Jenny?"

   1876, Annie Howells Fréchette, Reuben Dale, Galaxy, W.C. and F.P.Church, published 1876, page 394

plural Aggies

1. USAn agricultural school, such as one of the state land-grant colleges esp. one with the phrase "Agricultural & Mechanical" in its name
2. USA student or alumnus of such a school esp. a student or alumnus of Texas A&M University