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shag

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4 lettersPronunciation /ˈʃæɡ/Part of speech noun, verbSorted aghsStarts with SEnds with G0 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. a lively dance step consisting of hopping on each foot in turn

Word origin

From Middle English *schagge, from Old English sċeacga (“hair, wool”), from Proto-Germanic *skaggô, *skaggiją (“projection, bristly hair, stem”), *skag- (“to emerge, stick out, protrude”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kek- (“to jump, move, hurry”).

Used in a sentence

  • Nor ſhould it prove thy leſs important Care, / To chuſe a proper Coat for Winter's Wear. / [...] / True Witney Broad-cloath with it's Shag unſhorn, / Unpierc'd is in the laſting Tempeſt worn: [...]
  • He was rather unshaven as well and smelt strongly of shag.
  • But it is a braw elemental sphere this o' ours, for here's a good queich o' claret for ye, an' a shag o' butter-an'-bread.

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