messages
Pronunciation
  • IPA: /ˈmɛsɪd͡ʒɪz/
Noun
  1. plural form of message
Noun
  1. (Ireland, Scotland and Northern England) Shopping, groceries, errands.
    • 1987, Pulpsmith, volume 6, page 275:
      A South African woman, just married to an Irishman and newly arrived in this country, was shocked when her husband told her, "I just saw yer man in the shop when I was getting the messages (groceries)." "My what?" "Yer man. […] "
    • 1995, Alan Warner, Morvern Callar, Vintage 2015, p. 9:
      A woman with a well-to-do south voice told me to wash my soily hands before touching her messages.
Verb
  1. third-person singular form of message



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