Mossie
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English[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
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Proper noun[edit]
Mossie
- (Ireland) A diminutive of the male given name Maurice.
Etymology 2[edit]
Form of mossie (“diminutive of mosquito”).
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Noun[edit]
Mossie (plural Mossies)
- (dated or historical, UK, military, informal, colloquial) A de Havilland Mosquito.
- 1983, John Kelly, The Wooden Wolf[1], page 142:
- He leaned into the electric gunsight, aiming the Mossie at the left wingroot between engine and fuselage, where he knew there were fuel tanks — his right thumb mashed the control-column firing button.
- 1993, Air League of the British Empire, Air Pictorial: Journal of the Air League[2], volume 55, page 8:
- The Mossies were still able to land before the bombers were over the Channel.
- 2003, Harold A. Skaarup, Maryland, Virginia, and Washington D.C. Warbird Survivors 2003: A Handbook on Where to Find Them[3], page 97:
- Almost 8,000 Mossies were built in Great Britain, Canada and Australia.
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