Theatr. [Said to be named from David Logie, the inventor (Barrère & Leland).] An ornament made of zinc, intended to give the effect of jewellery.
1860. Cornh. Mag., II. 239, note. Bits of looking glass, not convex, but cut in facets inwards, like the theatrical ornament cast in zinc, and called a ‘logie.’
1883. Sala, Living Lond., 483. The plastering of girdles with zinc ‘logies.’
