"Miggy" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: en-uk-Miggy.ogg [UK] Forms: Miggies [plural]
Etymology: Diminutive form of Amiga + -y. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en||y}} + -y Head templates: {{en-noun}} Miggy (plural Miggies)
  1. (informal) A Commodore Amiga computer. Tags: informal Categories (topical): Nicknames

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1989, Xenon II Megablast (video game review in Zzap! issue 54, October 1989)",
          "text": "Fantastic, superb, brilliant, bloody marvellous — I could go on and on calling out superlatives about Xenon 2. It's had enough pre-release hype to rival Batman and it's blown away all other Miggy shoot-'em-ups to date and I can safely say, for quite a while to come as well."
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          "ref": "1997, Chris Hewitt, “Where Is everybody?”, in demon.ip.support.amiga (Usenet)",
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          "ref": "1997, Chris Hewitt, “Where Is everybody?”, in demon.ip.support.amiga (Usenet)",
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