Mossie

mossie English Etymology 1 Diminutive of en Maurice en ie. Alternative forms en Mozzie Proper noun en Ireland en male Maurice. Etymology 2 Form of en mossie diminutive of mosquito. Alternative forms en Mozzie Noun en dated or historical UK military informal colloquial A de Havilland Mosquito. en 1983 John Kelly The Wooden Wolf 142 http://books.google.com.au/books?id=Nsja6s3dUKIC&q=%22mossie%22%7C%22mossies%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&dq=%22mossie%22%7C%22mossies%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=lOW0T8rBKOT3mAWk6KHuDw&redir_esc=y 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. en 1993 Air League of the British Empire Air Pictorial: Journal of the Air League 55 8 http://books.google.com.au/books?id=eV8pAQAAIAAJ&q=%22mossie%22%7C%22mossies%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&dq=%22mossie%22%7C%22mossies%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=lOW0T8rBKOT3mAWk6KHuDw&redir_esc=y The Mossies were still able to land before the bombers were over the Channel. en 2003 Harold A. Skaarup Maryland, Virginia, and Washington D.C. Warbird Survivors 2003: A Handbook on Where to Find Them 97 http://books.google.com.au/books?id=72ZqiWhTCMYC&pg=PA97&dq=%22mossie%22%7C%22mossies%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=lOW0T8rBKOT3mAWk6KHuDw&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22mossie%22%7C%22mossies%22%20-intitle%3A%22%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false Almost 8,000 Mossies were built in Great Britain, Canada and Australia. Etymology 3 en Maori Aussie. Alternative forms en Mozzie Noun en New Zealand Australia slang A person of Maori descent living in Australia. Anagrams en eimoss Moises mioses mosies seismo-