Aggie

Definitions

1. Marble or a marble made of agate, or one that looks as if it were made of agate.
   countable, informal, uncountable
2. An agricultural school, such as one of the state land-grant colleges.
   US, informal
3. A diminutive of the female given names Agnes or Agatha.
4. An agricultural school, such as one of the state land-grant colleges esp. one with the phrase "Agricultural & Mechanical" in its name
   US
5. A student or alumnus of such a school.
   US, informal
6. A student or alumnus of such a school esp. a student or alumnus of Texas A&M University
   US

Equivalents

Examples

“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.”

“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.”

“"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?"”

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