wag

[Erik Hoover]

Possibly unrelated, but connected to groceries:

Google shows several Wag-A-Bag convenience stores, in Texas and other
Southern locales.
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On Nov 17, 2004, at 1:16 PM, Mark A. Mandel wrote:

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> Sender:       American Dialect Society <ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
> Poster:       "Mark A. Mandel" <mamandel at LDC.UPENN.EDU>
> Subject:      Re: wag
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> Some info from our friend in North Carolina:
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> I tried to do some research but I can't find any dictionary that
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> "wag" in the way I used it nor any history.  It must be a southern
> colloquialism.  I don't ever remember using this term until I moved to
> North
> Carolina.  Here it means to carry/drag something heavy or cumbersome.
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> -- Mark A. Mandel
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