wagger

noun — 3 senses

wagger

noun

UK /ˈwæɡə/ · US /ˈwæɡəɹ/

Etymology From wag + -er (suffix forming agent nouns).

1

One who, or that which, wags.

a finger-wagger waggers of tongues

2

A truant, notably who ditches school.

With this mighty resolution framed and glassed, and hung over his bed, along with a pleasing representation of a gleaming eye, bearing the legend, "Thou, God, seest me," he managed by bearing himself humbly among his fellows, or rather, by having humility thrust upon him, to avert for a period such calamity as doth befall the Sunday swimmer, the fruit stealer, the school wagger, the root smoker, the Chinaman pelter, and the window smasher.1913, Norman Lindsay, “(please specify the page)”, in A Curate in Bohemia, Sydney, N.S.W.: N.S.W. Bookstall, →OCLC:

Derived terms: flag-wagger, tailwagger, wienie wagger

wagger

noun

Etymology Ellipsis of wagger-pagger-bagger.

1

British, Abbreviation, Dated, Ellipsis, Humorous, Slang Ellipsis of wagger-pagger-bagger.

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