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English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmɛsɪd͡ʒɪz/
- Hyphenation: mes‧sages
Noun
messages
- plural of message
Noun
messages pl (plural only)
- (Ireland, Scotland and Northern England) Shopping, groceries, errands.
1983, Raymond McClean, The road to Bloody Sunday, page 119:I was going up the town to buy some messages.
1987, Pulpsmith, volume 6, page 275:A South African woman, just married to an Irishman and newly arrived in this country, was shocked when her husband told her, "I just saw yer man in the shop when I was getting the messages (groceries)." "My what?" "Yer man. "
1995, Alan Warner, Morvern Callar, Vintage, published 2015, page 9:A woman with a well-to-do south voice told me to wash my soily hands before touching her messages.
Usage notes
- Often used in the phrase do the messages.
Verb
messages
- third-person singular simple present indicative of message
French
Noun
messages m
- plural of message
Scots
Noun
messages
- plural of message
- (plural only) shopping
- A'm jist awa for ma messages. = I'm just off to get some shopping.