A dialectal, rare, or informal term for a type of algae or botanical organism; sometimes used as a nickname.
Shortened form of 'algae' or could be a proper name/nickname (as in nursery rhymes like 'Algernon'). The exact etymology is unclear for this informal variant.
The famous nonsense nursery rhyme 'Algernon, Charles; or the Quite Opposite' plays with this word—'Algy' in children's literature shows how informal nicknames often outshine their formal originals in popular memory.
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