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The Language of the Scottish Traveller: A Dictionary
By Pauline Cairns Speitel
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wag-at-the-wa
noun
a wall clock with an uncased pendulum:
At last, when the old wag-at-the-wa clock in the cottage struck twelve o’clock – quiet, peace for the night.
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etymology:
Scots; attested by
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