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A word from my childhood came up this yesterday; dagging, to dag, to cut off rCLa
lock of sheeprCOs wool matted with dirt or excrement, esp. from around its hindquartersrCY. No clear etymology in the OED. The word had a more refined sense
previously:

rCL1. 1399rCo1617
rCa A pendant pointed portion of anything; one of the pointed or laciniated
divisions made by deeply slashing or cutting the lower margin of a cloak,
gown, or other garment, as was done for ornament in the 15th cent. Obsolete.
2. c1400rCo1616
rCa A tag or aglet of a lace, shoe-latchet, or the like; = aglet n. 1, 2
Obsolete.rCY

I was entertained to learn that New Zealanders say rCLrattle your dagsrCY to encourage someone to leave quickly, in allusion to the noise that sheeprCOs dags
make when they run.
--
rCyAs I sat looking up at the Guinness ad, I could never figure out /
How your man stayed up on the surfboard after fourteen pints of stoutrCO
(C. Moore)
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Den 16.08.2026 kl. 18.55 skrev Aidan Kehoe:

rCL1. 1399rCo1617
rCa A pendant pointed portion of anything; one of the pointed or laciniated
divisions made by deeply slashing or cutting the lower margin of a cloak,
gown, or other garment, as was done for ornament in the 15th cent. Obsolete.
2. c1400rCo1616

I thought that the idea of cutting op jeans was quite new, but here I
see that it is as old as Methusalem.
--
Bertel, Kolt, Danmark

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On 16/08/2026 18:16, Bertel Lund Hansen wrote:

Den 16.08.2026 kl. 18.55 skrev Aidan Kehoe:

-a-a rCL1. 1399rCo1617
-a-a rCa A pendant pointed portion of anything; one of the pointed or
laciniated
-a-a divisions made by deeply slashing or cutting the lower margin of a
cloak,
-a-a gown, or other garment, as was done for ornament in the 15th cent.
Obsolete.
-a-a 2. c1400rCo1616

I thought that the idea of cutting op jeans was quite new, but here I
see that it is as old as Methusalem.

But all too often those cuts seem quite regular - hardly "laciniated".

(Thank you Aidan for introducing that word, I shall attempt to treasure it.)
--
Sam Plusnet
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On 17/08/26 02:55, Aidan Kehoe wrote:

A word from my childhood came up this yesterday; dagging, to dag, to cut off rCLa
lock of sheeprCOs wool matted with dirt or excrement, esp. from around its hindquartersrCY. No clear etymology in the OED.

The noun dag is well-known in Australia, but I'm not familiar with it as
a verb. As well as the meaning known to sheep farmers, we can describe a
person as a dag. Not a compliment.

Spotted in the toilet of a highway service station:

Here I sit, the same old caper
Daggy arse and no shit-paper
Miles to go, I cannot linger
Fuck it all, I'll use my finger.
--
Peter Moylan peter@pmoylan.org http://www.pmoylan.org
Newcastle, NSW
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