mossie, mossies, noun2

/ˈmɔzi(ːz)//ˈmɒzi(ːz)/
Forms:
Also mozzie, mozzies.
Origin:
Unknown; perhaps adaptation of moz.
slang
In the adverbial phrase for mossie, for mossies, for no special reason, for fun, ‘just because’; for moz, see moz. Cf. sommer.
1973 Informant, Grahamstown (now Makhanda, Eastern Cape)Put it on a sale and see what it fetches — just for mossies!
1975 M. Van Biljon in Sunday Times 2 Nov.It obviously was not a sommer-for-mossie job and one can only be grateful..for their splendid contribution.
1987 Jewish Language Review No.7A, 265For mossie, (also for mozzie, for moz, and sommer for mozzie) South African slang ‘for no special reason, just for kicks’ (etymologized as being ‘perhaps from Yiddish mozel “luck”’..).
In the adverbial phrase for mossie, for mossies, for no special reason, for fun, ‘just because’; for moz, see moz.
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mossie, nounn.1Moth, nounn.
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