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Goldie¹

proper noun

  1. A female given name from English for a girl with golden hair, mostly American usage around 1900. It was further popularized by actress Goldie Hawn
  2. A male or female given name from English for a golden-colored dog or bird
  3. A surname.
  4. A town in the Shire of Macedon Ranges, central Victoria, Australia

goldie²

Rhymes with -əʊldi

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From gold + -ie.

noun goldies

  1. Something which is golden in color. You'd expect the rainbows and possibly the browns, but not the blues and the goldies, which can look truly spectacular.
  2. UK The golden eagle. Young "baldies" look just like "goldies" and are often shot by mistake.
  3. UK The golden plover. “Each time the golden plover moved, its dunlin attendant followed, but when the goldie flew off to land on a wooden post, it triggered a bizarre cameo.
  4. The goldfinch. I have tried Inga seed for canaries and goldfinches for three or four months, and can speak well of it. My birds, goldies especially, are very fond of it; these will pick it out and leave the canary seed, which they scarcely touch now.
  5. informal A goldfish. Outdoor ponds provide the perfect environment for goldies and Koi.
  6. informal A Golden Retriever. Incredibly, the reactions of the dogs differed between the instances. […] "It's the pursed lips that do it for me," said another comment: "My goldie used to do the same."

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Closest in meaning: glory, curl, buckle, loop, golden, goldy, golda, goody, gaye, gloriana, gloria, ethel, gerda, grace, godfrey, ginger

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@misc{goldie_2026,
  title = {goldie},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/goldie},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}