(UK, dialect, obsolete) A dog, especially one as a pet.
(UK, dialect, obsolete) A dog, especially one as a pet.
From the mixture of these, and other breeds, we have messets, lap-dogs, dancers, waps, mongrels, and an endless number of varieties and compounds for which it is difficult to find a name.
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UK and Irish slang — Cockney, Scouse, Geordie, Yorkshire, Glaswegian, Brummie, Welsh, West Country, plus Irish English. Centuries of regional dialects feeding into modern British and Irish street talk.
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(Scotland) A mongrel dog; a cur.
Scottish dialect for a mongrel dog or cur — a scrappy mixed-breed of uncertain parentage. The term carries a slightly dismissive edge but can also be used with rough affection for a scruffy, low-pedigree but loveable mutt. In Scottish speech, a messin isn't a thoroughbred — it's the street-smart, tough, probably a bit rough around the edges dog that somehow ends up being everyone's favourite anyway. Think personality over pedigree.
(slang, AAVE) To mistreat, abuse, oppress or bother (someone).
(nautical) An associate with whom one shares a mess (eating place) on a ship.
(colloquial) To diss; to put down.