Brewer, E. Cobham. Dictionary of Phrase & Fable. Mag.

Mæviad.

Mag’a.

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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.


Mag.

What a mag you are! jabberer, hence to chatter like a magpie. Mag is a contraction of magpie. The French have a famous word, “caquct-bon-bec.” We call a prating man or woman “a mag.” (See MAGPIE.)	1
Not a mag to bless myself with—not a halfpenny.	2

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