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I’m currently reading Dickens’s novel Dombey and Son and recently encountered the following passage in Chapter XXII: A trifle of management by Mr Carker the manager.
“My misfortunes all began in wagging, sir; but what could I do exceptin’ wag?”
“Excepting what?” said Mr Carker.
“Wag, sir – wagging from school.”“Do you mean pretending to go there and not going?” said Mr Carker.
“Yes, sir; that’s wagging, sir,” returned the quondam Grinder, much affected.
Incidentally, quondam was a new word for me. Here’s the Macquarie Dictionary online entry:
quondam "Garry Collins, ETAQ Immediate Past President")
Author: Garry Collins, ETAQ Immediate Past President
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