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单词 wagger
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waggern.1

/ˈwaɡə/
Etymology: < wag v. + -er suffix1.
1.
a. One who agitates or stirs. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > movement > motion in specific manner > irregular movement or agitation > [noun] > one who agitates
waggera1387
a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1865) I. 189 And so þat name was to hem i-schappe Centauri, as it were an hundred wynde waggers: for þey wagged wel þe wynde faste in hir ridynge.
b. One who wags (his head).
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > derision, ridicule, or mockery > [noun] > one who derides or ridicules > one who wags his head
wagger1654
the world > movement > motion in specific manner > alternating or reciprocating motion > oscillation > [noun] > wagging > one who
wagger1654
wig-wagger1899
1654 A. Johnston Diary (1919) II. 249 Thes revylers, waggers of their head, mockers, theives against Christ on the crosse.
2. An animal that wags its tail.
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the world > animals > by habits or actions > [noun] > that wags the tail
wagger1887
1887 G. Meredith Poet. Wks. (1912) 346 Should they once deem our emblem Pard Wagger of tail for all save war.
1911 M. Beerbohm Zuleika Dobson vi. 89 Corker [a bull~dog] had ever been..effusively grateful for every word or pat, an ever-ready wagger and nuzzler.
3. plural. The divining-rod. dialect ? Obsolete.
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the world > the supernatural > the paranormal > [noun] > detection of radiation > detecting subterraneous springs, etc. > rhabdomancy > divining-rod
rod1617
Moses' rod1646
divining-wand1656
virgula divina or divinatoria1656
Mosaical roda1681
dowsing-rod1692
divining-stick1712
waggers1747
divining-rod1751
mineral rod1797
fork1886
1747 W. Hooson Miners Dict. sig. X3 No one..could affirm that there were this or that particular Mine, that owed its Discovery to his Waggers, (for by that Name they then called them) some Miners told me that by his Waggers he could find out a Vein.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

waggern.2

/ˈwaɡə/
Forms: More fully, wagger-pagger ( -bagger).
Etymology: One of a collection of words jocularly formed by adding -agger (see -er suffix6) to the initial consonants of a word or expression, in this case waste-paper basket.
slang (originally Oxford University).
A waste-paper basket.
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > clearing of refuse matter > refuse disposal > [noun] > receptacle for refuse
vat1534
voider1613
waste-paper box1836
dustbin1847
kid1847
waste-basket1850
scrap-box1858
waste-paper basket1859
garbage can1869
can1872
hell1872
scrap basket1872
sink tidy1881
tidy-betty1884
kitchen tidy1885
midden1890
wagger1903
W.P.B.1903
waste-bin1915
Sanibin1921
binette1922
G.I. can1929
trash can1929
trashbag1934
litter-bin1947
shitcan1948
pedal bin1951
trash-bin1955
litter-basket1958
midgie1965
bin1972
swing bin1972
tidy bin1972
dump bin1978
wheelie bin1984
binbag1986
1903 D. Coke Sandford of Merton ii. 10Wagger-pagger-bagger’ for the receptacle of torn-up letters and the like.
1925 O. Jespersen Mankind, Nation & Individual viii. 162 There is an interesting class of words with an inserted g:..wagger pagger bagger for waste paper basket.
1927 W. E. Collinson Contemp. Eng. 125 Such playful formations as the Pragger Wagger (the Prince of Wales..) and wagger pagger bagger waste-paper basket.
1934 Neuphilologische Mitteilungen 35 130 Public-school slang..wagger ‘waste-paper-basket’.
1961 E. Partridge Dict. Slang (ed. 5) II. 1086/2 Wagger-pagger, a waste-paper basket. Short for wagger-pagger-bagger.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

waggerv.

Forms: In Middle English wager.
Etymology: Frequentative of wag v.: see -er suffix5. Compare waggle v.; also Anglo-Norman wa(l)crer = sense 1.
Obsolete.
1. intransitive. To wander, have no settled abode.
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society > travel > aspects of travel > travel from place to place > [verb (intransitive)] > with no fixed aim or wander > have no fixed abode
waggerc1380
to walk at rovers1528
stroll1603
to live out of (or from) a suitcase (or suitcases)1969
c1380 Eng. Wycliffite Serm. in Sel. Wks. II. 154 Mannys spirit þat is wageringe aboute desiir of worldli þingis.
c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Hosea ix. 17 Thei shuln be wagringe in naciouns [L. erunt vagi in nationibus].
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Trin. Cambr.) l. 23091 Whenne I [sc. Christ] was wagering out of rest Godely toke ȝe me to gest.
2. To stagger, totter.
ΘΚΠ
the world > movement > motion in specific manner > irregular movement or agitation > unsteady movement > move unsteadily [verb (intransitive)] > reel, stagger, or sway unsteadily
stackera1300
welt13..
waggera1382
swaver?a1400
blundc1400
swab14..
swabble14..
gogglec1460
reel1477
galay1489
stagger1530
swag1530
stag1561
wheel1832
swig1833
wavel1896
a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Isa. xxix. 9 Bicometh alle stoneid, and wndreth; flotereth, and wagereth [L. vacillate].
a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Eccles. xii. 3 Whan..the most strong men wageren [L. nutabunt].
a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Ecclus. xxxvii. 16 Who euere shal wageren in dercnesses, shal not togidere sorewen to thee.

Derivatives

ˈwaggering n. and adj. Obsolete
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society > travel > aspects of travel > travel from place to place > [adjective] > with no fixed aim or wandering
wanderingc1000
erringa1340
waggeringa1382
vagant1382
vagabond1426
erroneousa1464
fugitive1481
wavering1487
vagrantc1522
gadding1545
roaming1566
roving1576
straggling1589
rambling?1609
wagand1614
wheelinga1616
gadling1616
vagring1619
erratical1620
vaguing1627
erratic1656
planetical1656
waif1724
vagrarious1795
stravaiging1825
vagarious1882
pirooting1958
the world > movement > motion in specific manner > irregular movement or agitation > unsteady movement > [noun] > reeling or staggering
waggeringa1382
stackeringc1440
staggering1530
reeling1612
a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Ecclus. xl. 4 Enuye, noyse, wagering [L. fluctuatio], and dred of deth.
c1430 Hymns Virg. (1867) 89 It is raþir to bileeue þe wageringe wijnde Þan þe chaungeable world þat makiþ men so blinde.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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