Associations to the word «Mossie»
Wiktionary
MOSSIE, noun. (South Africa) The common name for various species of sparrow, especially Passer melanurus.
MOSSIE, noun. (UK) (Australia) (New Zealand) (colloquial) A mosquito.
MOSSIE, proper noun. (Ireland) A diminutive of the male given name Maurice.
MOSSIE, noun. (dated or historical) (UK) (military) (informal) (colloquial) A de Havilland Mosquito.
Wise words
In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike
fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the
new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.