Wagga Blanket
Preserved but no longer current.
Meaning · English
A sort of sleeping-bag .made of two corn sacks cut open and stitched together. The name is taken from the town of Wagga Wagga, N.S.W.
Era: ca. 1898 (Victorian)
Sources & notes
Reproduced from Brewer’s Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898 edition, public domain; archive.org, retrieved 2026-07-31; OCR text, minor errors possible). Reflects the scholarship and attitudes of its era.
Common questions
What does “Wagga Blanket” mean?
A sort of sleeping-bag .made of two corn sacks cut open and stitched together. The name is taken from the town of Wagga Wagga, N.S.W.
Is “Wagga Blanket” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.