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Wagga Austral. slang.|ˈwɒgə|
Also wagga.
[f. Wagga Wagga, the name of a town in New South Wales.]
In full, Wagga blanket, Wagga rug. A blanket or covering made by opening out two sacks, chaff bags, etc., and stitching them together along one edge.
1900H. Lawson Darling River in Stories (1964) 1st Ser. 388 The live cinders from the firebox..fell in showers on deck. Every now and again a spark would burn through the Wagga rug of a sleeping shearer. 1938X. Herbert Capricornia (1939) xxviii. 417 The nap..consisted of two greasy bran-sacks, or, as bushmen call them, Wagga Rugs. 1941Baker Dict. Austral. Slang 80 Wagga blanket, a rough covering used by tramps. 1944J. Devanny By Tropic Sea & Jungle 156 When you crawl under your wagga you get in one position and aren't game to move. 1969L. Hadow Full Cycle 248 She went to his camp bed. ‘Take your wagga, then.’ ‘No, it's too heavy.’ 1978Weekend (Austral.) 25–26 Nov. 11/4 I'm due to slip under my Wagga blankets. |