morkie

plural morkies

1. A dog that is a cross between a Maltese and a Yorkie.

   I never saw a morkie before, and I’m assuming she is half Yorkie and half Maltese.

   2008 July 18, SouthtownStar, volume 31, number 46, page A17

   2 more examples

   The hardest part has been worrying about the psychological well-being of her puppy, a morkie named Fig.

   2007 July 28, The Montana Standard, volume 132, number 143, page C5

   Peachey, 43, an Amishman who lives with his wife and seven children on a three-acre spread in Belleville, said he thought long and hard about whether he wanted to remain in the business of breeding and selling Yorkshire and Boston terriers, Maltese, and “morkies” (a trendy Yorkie-Maltese mix).

   2010 June 12, Michael Rubinkam, “Law putting puppy mills out of business”, in Republican Herald, page 5

   Synonyms: Yorktese