单词 | wagga |
释义 | Waggan. Australian slang. 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. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > household linen > bedclothes > [noun] > blanket > types of blanket mantlec1300 fustian1424 Witney1716 rose blanket1759 under-blanket1819 Afghan1850 bluey1886 receiving blanket1891 electric blanket1893 Wagga rug1900 suggan1907 overblanket1970 1900 H. 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. 1938 X. Herbert Capricornia (1939) xxviii. 417 The nap..consisted of two greasy bran-sacks, or, as bushmen call them, Wagga Rugs. 1941 S. J. Baker Pop. Dict. Austral. Slang 80 Wagga blanket, a rough covering used by tramps. 1944 J. Devanny By Tropic Sea & Jungle 156 When you crawl under your wagga you get in one position and aren't game to move. 1969 L. Hadow Full Cycle 248 She went to his camp bed. ‘Take your wagga, then.’ ‘No, it's too heavy.’ 1978 Weekend (Austral.) 25–26 Nov. 11/4 I'm due to slip under my Wagga blankets. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.1900 |
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