nagger
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of nagger
Example Sentences
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His jaw was trembling George Beatty I saw the nurse’s call as a chance to make up for lost time and I quickly became Todd’s long-distance support hotline – his coach, cheerleader and professional nagger.
From The Guardian • Mar. 16, 2016
I was invited to be a nagger, and I was.
From Time Magazine Archive
He was a master nagger; once, when his wife moved the piano in the living room by a few inches, he wrote her a four-page letter of reprimand.
From Time Magazine Archive
Let it not be imagined that she scolded, or said small, mean things, or used any of the processes of the ordinary nagger.
From The Wolf's Long Howl by Waterloo, Stanley
I always said, you know, that you would have become a first-class nagger if you hadn't had such a keen sense of humor.
From Dawn O'Hara, the Girl Who Laughed by Ferber, Edna
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