† wagshipn.
Obsolete.
1. Waggery, waggishness.
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the mind > emotion > pleasure > laughter > causing laughter > mischievous or practical joking > [noun] > state or character
waggishness1591
wagship1608
archness1709
roguishness1816
1608 T. Middleton Familie of Love (new ed.) ii. sig. B4 v No rather lets pierce the Rundlets of our running heads and giue 'hem a neate cuppe of wagshippe, to put downe their Courtship.
2. Used jocularly, with possessive pronoun, as a title for a wag.
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the mind > emotion > pleasure > laughter > causing laughter > mischievous or practical joking > [noun] > one who
wag1584
shaver1592
wagship1607
lick1725
nickum1804
practical joker1830
leg-puller1887
1607 J. Marston What you Will iii. i. E 4 Pleaseth your excellent wagship to bee informed that [etc.].
1640 R. Brome Antipodes sig. E3v You shall to schoole, away with him; and take Their wagships with him.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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