wagger-pagger-bagger
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Meaning · English
A wastepaper basket.
Register: dated, humorous, slang
Where it’s used:
Used
American English
Examples
When young Oxford suddenly began to substitute "er" for the ordinary termination of a word, it was not making slang so much as diversifying and idiotising conversation. Thus a bedmaker was transformed to a "bedder," breakfast to "brekker," and the waste-paper basket, by a desperate effort, became th
Usage example from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-30)
Sources & notes
Adapted from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-30 via kaikki.org).
Common questions
What does “wagger-pagger-bagger” mean?
A wastepaper basket.
Is “wagger-pagger-bagger” formal or informal?
wagger-pagger-bagger is generally dated, humorous, slang.