peggy

noun — 2 senses

noun

Etymology From the name Peggy.

Any of several small warblers, the whitethroat, etc.

noun

Government, Military, Naval, Navy, Politics, War UK, Slang The petty officers' mess steward.

Against this, her deck staff runs to about a hundred, being made up of some fifty able-seamen, eight or ten 'peggies' […]1936, Charles Richard Benstead, Atlantic Ferry, page 178:
The number of "peggies" going aft to fetch the meals had been increasing steadily.1955, Willi Frischauer, Robert Jackson, The Altmark affair, page 177:

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