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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: money received from the state [syn: dole, pogy, pogey]

Merriam Webster's

noun (plural pogies) Etymology: by shortening & alteration from poghaden, perhaps from Eastern Abenaki Date: circa 1847 menhaden

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Pogy Po"gy, n. (Zo["o]l.) The menhaden. Note: Pogy is often confounded with porgy, and therefore incorrectly applied to various fishes.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Menhaden Men*ha"den, n. (Zo["o]l.) An American marine fish of the Herring familt (Brevoortia tyrannus), chiefly valuable for its oil and as a component of fertilizers; -- called also mossbunker, bony fish, chebog, pogy, hardhead, whitefish, etc.

1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue

Drunk.