paugie
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Shortened form of the Narragansett word mishcùppaûog ("porgies", plural). Another shortening of the same word yields the synonym scup.[1] The full word was borrowed as scuppaug. The singular was borrowed as mishcup.
Possibly reinforced by its similarity to porgy, especially in non-rhotic accents.
Noun
[edit]paugie (plural paugies)
- A fish, Stenotomus chrysops, the porgy.
References
[edit]- ^ “paugie”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.