wigwag

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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From wig (“to wag, waggle”) + wag (“to swing”). The noun is derived from the verb.

The signaller wigwagged to the Warrenton turnpike:-- _General Lee. — The Long Roll, Mary Johnston
I told Mike what you wrote to him, and he wigwagged a message of love back to you with his tail. — 'Smiles': A Rose of the Cumberlands, Eliot H. (Eliot Harlow) Robinson
Out at the piece of land platted as the Herald Addition, whither people were conveyed in street-cars and carriages during the long afternoon the great band played about the stands erected for the auctioneer, who went from stand to stand, crying off the lots, the precise location of the particular parcel at any moment under the hammer being indicated by the display of a flag, held high by two strong fellows, who lowered the banner and walked to another site in obedience to signals wigwagged by the enthusiastic Captain. — Aladdin & Co.: A Romance of Yankee Magic, Herbert Quick

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