wagling

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noun

A petty wag or joker.

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Meanings

nounwagling (plural waglings)

plural waglings

  1. archaicA petty wag or joker.

    Waglings and punsters — a vile race, / Who grin and jeer in any case!

    1838, The New Monthly Magazine and Humorist, page 404
    1 more example

    Good-natured wags in number full a score, / And Trojan waglings half as many more, / All met, the bread of liberty to munch, / And eke to guzzle her inspiring punch; […]

    1813, James H. Price, Miscellany: In Verse and Prose, page 71

Origin

From wag + -ling.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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