mousie
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]mousie (plural mousies)
- Alternative form of mousy (“(diminutive or childish) a mouse”).
- 1785, Robert Burns, To A Mouse:
- But, Mousie, thou art no thy lane, / In proving foresight may be vain:
- (fishing) A rat-tailed maggot used as bait.
Translations
[edit](diminutive or childish) mouse — see mousekin