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Manxie en · NOUN

From Manx + -ie.

A nickname for a Manx person, i.e. from the Isle of Man.
- Ken Kavanagh believes it was 'Manxie' Laing's accident that was to bring to an end the official Norton works effort. 2006, Mick Walker, The Manx Norton, page 91:
- Yandher English taecher called our lil one 'a stupid Manxie'. 1924, Sophia Morrison, Vocabulary of the Anglo-Manx Dialect, page 117:
An affectionate term for something which is Manx.
A Manx cat.
- In 1936, Mr. Walt Disney imported for his studio in Hollywood a jet black specimen, Manxie, who travelled in state aboard the Franconia. 2006, Various, The Manx Cat - A Collection of Historical Articles on the Origins and Characteristics of the Manx Cat:
- “I'll call you Manxie,” she crooned. The cat purred. “Ooooh, you like that name. Look at Manxie, everyone.” 2006, Andrea Spalding, Behind the Sorcerer's Cloak, page 93:
- “Manxie,” as the Manx cat is sometimes called, has been the theme of many cat enthusiasts. “Stubbin” he is called in Manx. 1918, Alice Jean Cleaton, Animals, Volumes 51-53, page 29:
A Manx shearwater.
- Manx shearwaters lounge on the sheeny swell before pattering along and coasting away on stiff, elongated wings. Keep your eyes peeled for a chocolate- and-oatcakecoloured version of the Manxie. 2006, James Lowen, A Summer of British Wildlife, page 141:
A Manx longhorn or Loaghtan sheep.

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