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Catchword for “wags”
Catchword: wags
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Part of Speech: n.pl.
The part of speech reflects that used in the full entry, and not necessarily the part of speech as it is used in the quotation below.
Quotation: Pictures of the wives and girlfriends (or Wags as the FA’s acronym calls them) of the Euro 2004 England team, or of the wives and girlfriends of the 1999 US Ryder Cup team, for instance, show a classic feminine look where every woman is tanned, polished, thin.…She is not allowed to complain or to step out of line. If she does—such as Posh Spice’s decision not to move to Madrid—she’s criticised or ostracised (witness the glee when Mrs Beckham missed the boat on booking into the same hotel as the other Wags in Portugal because it was full).
Article or Document Title:
“Sucess isn’t all it’s cracked up to be” (URL)
Author:
Lousie France
Article, Document, Publication, Web Site:
Guardian
Publishing Location:
U.K.
Date of Publication:
Oct. 3, 2004
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