Aga saga

noun

A kind of popular novel set in a suburban or rural location and featuring domestic and emotional themes involving middle-class characters.

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Aga saga1

nounAga saga (plural Aga sagas)

plural Aga sagas · alternative AGA saga

  1. UKderogatorysometimesA kind of popular novel set in a suburban or rural location and featuring domestic and emotional themes involving middle-class characters.

    2007, Saying that, if Judy does retire and write a rollicking Aga-saga about, say, a middle-aged woman with a loving, ambitious yet utterly frustrating husband, I'd certainly buy it in the three-for-two. — Grace Dent, The Guardian, 22 Jun 2007, G2, p. 3

AGA saga2

nounAGA saga (plural AGA sagas)

plural AGA sagas

  1. Alternative letter-case form of Aga saga.

Origin

Rhyming phrase, named for the AGA cooker, a type of stored-heat oven popular in British country houses in the early 20th century. Coined in 1992 by novelist Terence Blacker in reference to the work of Joanna Trollope.

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APA

Aga saga. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Aga%20saga

MLA

“Aga saga.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Aga%20saga. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Aga saga,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Aga%20saga.

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