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Word: wigwag (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Usage:

After a while the little bright eye of the mirror blinked for the last time. Then through the glasses, U.S. sailormen saw a ragged figure, a pair of wigwag flags. The flags began to flirt the air in the unmistakable, bent-arm style of U.S. signal men. They spelled out the message: "I have information...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Army & Navy - COMMAND: The Rescue of Tweed | 8/21/1944 | See Source »

Last fortnight, after Cornell had given Ohio State a 21-to-7 drubbing, Ohio State's Athletic Director L. W. St. John complained that Snavely had signaled his players by wigwagging from the bench with a roll of papers. Few winning coaches have escaped such a charge. Football experts, more amused than annoyed, last week agreed that, wigwag or no wigwag, Cornell is the No. 1 team of the year...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: The Big Red | 11/11/1940 | See Source »

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