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English
Etymology
From wax + -ie, from the use of wax to waterproof cobblers' thread.
Noun
waxie (plural waxies)
- (Ireland, Dublin, dated) A cobbler.
- Synonym: lad of wax
- Early 1900s, Traditional, Waxies' Dargle (song)
- Says my aul' one to your aul' one "Will ye come to the Waxies' dargle?"