grassie

See also: Grassie

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From grass +‎ -ie.

Noun

grassie (plural grassies)

  1. (recreational fishing) A grass carp; a white amur.
    • 2010, Jeff Currier, “Not All Carp Species are Equal”, in JeffCurrier.com‎[1], archived from the original on 27 April 2014:
      The one thing I didn’t want to do was spook [sic] a grassie by hastily walking down the sidewalk.
    • 2013 December 30, Josh Cohn, Tidal Potomac Fly Rodders‎[2] (Usenet):
      my pattern is a lot less glamorous, which is also why i think the grassie took it
    • 2023, theloniousbunk, “Picked this grassie out of the canal. 5wt with 9lb leader.”, in Reddit.com‎[3], archived from the original on 10 November 2023

Synonyms

Venetan

Etymology

Compare Italian grazie

Interjection

grassie

  1. thank you, thanks

Noun

grassie (a)

  1. thanks (to)
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