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Etymology
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Particularly: “Hobson-Jobson says: Sir A. Phayre believes the word to be a corruption of the Burmese htāp-gy̆ī. The first syllable means the 'cross-beam of a house,' the second, 'big'; hence 'big-beam.'”
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Noun
duggie (plural duggies)
- (India, archaic) A long squared timber of irregular breadth and thickness.
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