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Waugh int. World English Historical Dictionary Dictionary Biographies Literary Criticism Welcome Terms of Service ⧏ Previous Next ⧐ Contents Slice Contents Key Bibliographic Record Murray’s New English Dictionary. 1928, rev. 2024. Waugh int. Also 8 wa, 9 wagh. [An instinctive exclamation; cf. WOUGH, WHAU.] An exclamation indicating grief, indignation or the like. Now chiefly as attributed to N. American Indians and other savages.

1 1761.  Mrs. F. Sheridan, Sidney Bidulph (1796), IV. 92. The other brat … squalls for it [the toy] directly, Waugh, Sir, it was mine first.

2 1791.  J. Long, Voy. Indian Interpreter, 164. Wa! wa! or Oh! oh! replied the Savage, but what is the warrior tied up for?

3 1827.  J. F. Cooper, Prairie, I. xvii. 252. A tall Indian … stood upright, uttering the sententious exclamation, ‘Wagh!’

4 1832.  Lytton, Eugene A., IV. ix. ‘Well, if ever I seed the like?’ quoth the corporal;… ‘augh!—waugh!—bother!’

5 1834.  Whittier, Mogg Megone, 411. Wagh!—Mogg will have the pale-face’s hair.

6 1846.  P. B. St. John, Enchanted Rock, iv. 89. ‘Wagh!’ escaped from the lips of the Indian girl.

7 1891.  ‘R. Boldrewood,’ Sydney-side Sax., vi. Talgai sings out ‘Wagh!’ and pointed with his chin, like all blacks do.

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