"largie" meaning in All languages combined

See largie on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: largies [plural]
Etymology: large + -ie Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|large|ie}} large + -ie Head templates: {{en-noun}} largie (plural largies)
  1. (informal) A largemouth bass. Tags: informal Categories (lifeform): Sunfish
    Sense id: en-largie-en-noun-5q~ttNwr Disambiguation of Sunfish: 87 13 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -ie Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 83 17 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 91 9 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ie: 81 19
  2. (informal) Anything that is unusually large. Tags: informal
    Sense id: en-largie-en-noun-znUsSiVQ

Inflected forms

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