Fudgie

fudgie English Noun en fudgie a tourist. en 1997 Bob Linsenman Hexaritaville Ted J. Rulseh Michigan Seasons: Classic Tales of Life Outdoors Waukesha, Wis. The Cabin Bookshelf 75 https://archive.org/details/michiganseasonsc0000unse/page/75/mode/1up 0-9653381-3-4 The Fudgie drives a foreign car, says “Michiganian” instead of “Michigander” and comes north only to visit the shops in Petoskey or on Mackinac Island. 5 June 2005 w:Steve Amick 'The Lake, the River & the Other Lake' https://archive.ph/1lLTm https://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/05/books/chapters/the-lake-the-river-the-other-lake.html 2 December 2025 The combination of the Polish smaczny-"delicious"-and the Ojibwe gaskiwag-"dried smoked meat"-amounted to more than a mouthful for most Fudgies, the weekend tourists from downstate. en 2008 October Jeanene Cooper Keeping the Secret If I Should Never Wake Charleston, S.C. BookSurge July 2009 35 https://archive.org/details/ifishouldneverwa0000jean/page/35/mode/1up 9781419655012 “It’s not so much that we don’t like the Fudgies.” Pepper pulled clean beer mugs from the steaming dishwasher. “We love Fudgies – they’re our life blood. It’s just that after long days of listening to them ask stupid questions – like ‘At what time does the five-mile-long Mackinac Bridge swing over to the island?’ – I guess we just need a little break.”