logie
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Said to be from the name of the inventor, David Logie.
Noun
[edit]logie (plural logies)
- (theater, archaic) A piece of fake jewellery, typically made from zinc.
- 1847, Albert Smith, The Natural History of the Ballet-girl, page 14:
- This is most probably imitated by a bit of hollowed out pewter, polished in various concavities, and called, in the terms of theatrical jewelry, a Logie.
References
[edit]- John Camden Hotten (1873) The Slang Dictionary
Romanian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]logie f (plural logii)