waggon

[ wag-uhn ]

/ ˈwæg ən /

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noun, verb (used with or without object) Chiefly British.

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Words nearby waggon

waggish, waggle, waggle dance, waggler, waggly, waggon, Wagner, Wagner Act, Wagnerian, Wagner-Jauregg, Wagner, Richard

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How to use waggon in a sentence

One day the Bristol mail was robbed; another day the Dover coach; then the Norwich waggon.
The History of England from the Accession of James II.|Thomas Babington Macaulay
In the evening, when about to yoke the oxen to the waggon, it was found that most of them had run off towards Bysondermeid.
Robert Moffat|David J. Deane
There was, however, only one waggon and that a cripple, and neither carpenters nor smiths were at the station to repair it.
Robert Moffat|David J. Deane
Food in abundance was given to him, and a number of warriors attended his waggon as a guard against lions on the way.
Robert Moffat|David J. Deane

A single cart, and a waggon, were all the vehicles that I saw between Boulogne and Abbeville.
Travels through the South of France and the Interior of Provinces of Provence and Languedoc in the Years 1807 and 1808|Lt-Col. Pinkney

British Dictionary definitions for waggon

waggon

/ (ˈwæɡən) /

noun, verb

a variant spelling (esp Brit) of wagon

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