froggie

English

Etymology

From frog +‎ -ie.

Noun

froggie (plural froggies)

  1. Alternative form of froggy.
    • 1993, Bob Greene, chapter 21, in All Summer Long: A Novel, New York, N.Y.: Doubleday, →ISBN, pages 261–262:
      Froggie on the rock so small and green, / Happiest frog you’ve ever seen . . . […] Along comes another frog, oh so big, / First little froggie jumps on a twig . . . […] Little froggie lands on a lily pad, / Big froggie follows, oh so mad . . .
    • 2005, Alex Barclay, chapter 27, in Darkhouse, London: HarperCollinsPublishers, →ISBN, page 326:
      ‘I can do what I like, buddy,’ said Duke. ‘I’m the one with the little froggie here. She’s cute too. Ribbit. Ribbit.’
    • 2007, Emily Gould, Zareen Jaffery, chapter 12, in Hex Education, New York, N.Y.: Razorbill, →ISBN, page 104:
      I lean in for a closer inspection as one little froggie flops arrhythmically down in front of me.
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