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   wag

   /waɡ/

   noun

   • 1. a person who makes jokes; a joker: "one wag shouted, ‘On that count you've got about three supporters!’"
   • 2. a person who plays truant: informal Australian, New Zealand "Boogie plays the wag from school"

   verb

   • 1. play truant from (school): informal Australian, New Zealand "he began hanging out with bad people and wagging school"

   Word Origin mid 16th century (denoting a young man or mischievous boy, also used as a term of endearment to an infant): probably from obsolete waghalter ‘person likely to be hanged’ (see wag1, halter).

   Scrabble Points: 7

   • W

     4

   • A

     1

   • G

     2

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