wagadash

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A form of waggadash — A wakizashi.

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Meanings

nounwagadash (plural wagadashes)

plural wagadashes

  1. alternativearchaicAlternative form of waggadash.

    Allso a tatch and a wagadash, a present from him to myselfe.

    1991, Anthony Farrington, The English Factory in Japan: 1613-1623, page 1019
    2 more examples

    They were armed with a species of fire-arms, pikes, swords and targets, bows and arrows, and wagadashes, described as like a Welsh hook.

    1855, Richard Hildreth, Japan: As it was and is, page 167

    The others of my cattans and wagadashes I will and bequeth unto my aforesaied sonne Joseph.

    1995, William Corr, Adams the Pilot: The Life and Times of Captain William Adams, 1564-1620
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APA

wagadash. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wagadash

MLA

“wagadash.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wagadash. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “wagadash,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wagadash.

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