wagger-pagger-bagger

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wagger-pagger-bagger

/ˌwæɡə ˌpæɡə ˈbæɡə/ UK
/ˌwæɡəɹ ˌpæɡəɹ ˈbæɡəɹ/ US

Rhymes with -æɡə(ɹ)

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

noun wagger-pagger-baggers

British, dated, humorous, slang A wastepaper basket. When young Oxford suddenly began to substitute "er" for the ordinary termination of a word, it was not making slang so much as diversifying and idiotising conversation. Thus a bedmaker was transformed to a "bedder," breakfast to "brekker," and the waste-paper basket, by a desperate effort, became th
Similar: wagger, wagger-pagger, circular file, circular filing cabinet, more at Thesaurus:waste bin

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@misc{wagger_pagger_bagger_2026,
  title = {wagger-pagger-bagger},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/wagger-pagger-bagger},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}