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单词 wagga
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Waggan.

Brit. /ˈwɒɡə/, U.S. /ˈwɑɡə/, Australian English /ˈwɔɡə/
Forms: Also wagga.
Etymology: < Wagga Wagga, the name of a town in New South Wales.
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.
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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).
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