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Definition of Dagged
1. dag [v] - See also: dag
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dagged
Literary usage of Dagged
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. George Eliot's Works by George Eliot (1894)
"I never dagged my petticoats in my life, and I 've no opinion o' that sort o'
religion." " No," said Mr. Hackit, who was fond of soothing the ..."
2. Publications by English Dialect Society (1875)
"dagged [dag-ud], adj. Same as jagged. Applied to clothes ragged at the bottom,
... dagged-3s& " is a common term of contempt for a woman whose skirt is ..."
3. Encyclopaedia Britannica, a Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and edited by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"... perhaps of leather with a dagged skirt- edge, and over this again is a sleeveless
... the close skirts ending at the fork of the leg with a dagged or ..."
4. Dictionary of Obsolete and Provincial English: Containing Words from the by Thomas Wright (1886)
"A garment was dagged, when its edge was jagged or foliated. ... dagged, adj.
Tipsy. North. DAGGER. The name of an ordinary in Holborn, very celebrated in ..."
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