Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

haggis mcbaggis

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: hag-gis m-cbag-gis
IPA

27

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

An archetypal ugly or frumpy old woman.

Colloquial

Example Sentences

"Sometimes they say, “I look like an absolute hag,” and sometimes, “I look like Haggis McBaggis.” This is an ugly old woman they seem to have made up."
"[…] Haggis McBaggis, the lady with all the bags she pushed along in a shopping trolley, who sometimes hung around the bus stop but never got on a bus."
"Haggis McBaggis / Traipsing in the discount store / Dressed in soiled rags / Complete with bedraggled hair"

Etymology

See hag, haggis, Mc-, and bag (“an old woman”).

Usage

Colloquial

Questions

What does haggis mcbaggis mean?: An archetypal ugly or frumpy old woman.
Where does haggis mcbaggis come from?: See hag, haggis, Mc-, and bag (“an old woman”).

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