Meaning of Aggie | Babel Free

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

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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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