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語源

From wastepaper basket, humorously modified by adding -agger to the first letter of waste, paper, and basket; compare -er (suffix forming informal or slang equivalents of words).

発音

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˌwæɡə ˌpæɡə ˈbæɡə/
• (General American) IPA: /ˌwæɡəɹ ˌpæɡəɹ ˈbæɡəɹ/
• 韻: -æɡə(ɹ)
• ハイフネーション: wag‧ger-pag‧ger-bag‧ger

名詞

wagger-pagger-bagger (plural wagger-pagger-baggers)

1. (originally Oxford University slang, now British slang, humorous, dated) A wastepaper basket.

   Synonyms: wagger, wagger-pagger; (also otherwise humorous) circular file, circular filing cabinet; more at Thesaurus:waste bin

   • 1948, John Courtenay Trewin, Plays of the year: Volume 1:

     (Taking flowers from vase) If you don't mind, therefore, I shall deposit them in the wagger-pagger-bagger. (Drops flowers into waste paper basket.)

   • 2009, H. S. Cross, Riding: Volume 2, page 364:

     If only he hadn't woken himself in the night with ludicrous, fey notions which now thankfully lay at the bottom of the wagger-pagger-bagger—he punched the splintery door of the shed—damn it all to the bloodiest—

派生語

• wagger
• wagger-pagger

参照

Further reading

• waste container on Wikipedia.Wikipedia