10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «WAG IT»
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In this follow-up to "Waggit's Tale," Waggit is lost again, this time miles away from home. However, this lucky dog has some very unusual friends who join Waggit on the road to adventure. Illustrations.
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A Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English
In C.20, often, wag it (Manchon), which is also Aus. (A. Buzo, Rooted, prod. 1969,
pub. 1973). wag, v. To play truant; often wag it: since mid-C.19. (Dickens, 1848:
OED.) Cf. prec., 2. Exzw2. To go, to depart: late C.16~20: S.E. until C.19, then ...
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Dictionary of Contemporary Slang
... wag', usedby schoolchildren, is heard in Britain and Australia. (The word was
defined for viewers in a report on Newsround, a BBC TV children's programme, in
June 1988.) Compare wag; wag it wa' gwan? exclamation See whagwan? wake.
See, it's not just, We give you a tail, go wag it. They gotta tell you why you go wag
it, when you go wag it. They give you feelings. They give you thoughts. Nah nah
nah. Scrub that out. They give you instincts. Well, what's the point of giving 'em ...
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The Traditional Games of England, Scotland, and Ireland With ...
Alice Bertha Gomme. Can you dance looby, looby, Can you dance looby, looby,
Can you dance looby, looby, All on a Friday night? You put your right foot in, And
then you take it out, And wag it, and wag it, and wag it, Then turn and turn about.
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The Bullies: Understanding Bullies and Bullying
... me down the stairs, and then this girl sorted them out, and I think she's in Year
7 or 8. She's only having a go at me because I used to wag with him and she
thinks I used to get him to wag it from school, but he used to ask me to wag it with
...
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The Theatre of Education
I invented and made it last night; I have named it, The Wag \. it would become you
vastly, madam. Doux. — Juliet, come and look at The Wag* It really is pretty. Jul.
Indeed, madam, it is frightful I Mar. (Putting it on her head, and looking at herself ...
Stéphanie Félicité comtesse de Genlis, 1787
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The Bobbsey Twins in a Great City
And as there never was a dog yet, with a tail, who did not want to wag it, you can
easily guess what happened. Either Snapwagged his tailin the faces of Flossie
and Freddie or he whacked Snoop with it, andas the cat did notlike that sheran
out ...
It was quite impossible to be angry with him, he was so keen and he meant so
well; and when he saw me laughing softly at him, he would come up again close
to me, cock his tail a few inches higher and wag it a bit faster. There is a deal of ...
Do'wn would go his ears instantly, and he would back away from me a couple of
steps, drop his stump of a tail and wag it in a feeble depl'eeating way, and open
his mouth into a sort of foolish laugh. _That was his apology! “ I beg your pardon:
...
3 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «WAG IT»
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Wag it Forward at Pet Food Warehouse this Saturday
Pet Food Warehouse will host 'Wag It Forward,' a new fundraising event that will benefit dozens of Vermont animal welfare groups, this Saturday, Sept. 20 from ... «Shelburne News, Sep 14»
The tell tail clue to a happy dog... they wag it to the left
Now, scientists using a robot have found that the way dogs use their tails is more subtle than we thought and that dogs that wag them to the left may be more ... «Daily Mail, Jan 10»
My Dog's Tail Is Painful and He Can't Wag It
It is important to note that there are other causes of odd tail movement, reluctance to wag tail, or tail flaccidity; some of them serious and requiring immediate ... «About - News & Issues, Dec 06»
