Meanings
midgie1
midgie2
plural midgies
- ScotlandcolloquialA dump, midden; trash bin.
Just after dawn. It's the best time. For raking the midgies. When it's light enough to see but there's no one around.
2022, Liam McIlvanney, The Heretic, page 391 more example
They did not have good clothes and were midgie-rakers. Their das done that, they just raked yer midgie and got yer old rubbish.
2008, James Kelman, Kieron Smith, Boy, Penguin, published 2009, page 32
Synonyms & antonyms
nounSynonym of midge (“small biting fly”).
Origin
midgie · noun
From a corruption of midden + -y. Perhaps influenced by midge (“a haunt of midges”).
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midgie. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/midgie
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