Definitions
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- noun
Boy Scout ’sneckerchief clasp orslide , originally aloop orring ofleather . - verb archaic, dialect Alternative spelling of
waggle .
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Examples
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In contrast to the designer wear she is usually seen in, she will wear the standard uniform of polo shirt and scarf, secured with a friendship knot rather than a woggle these days.
Duchess of Cambridge names the charities she will support 2012
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So the next time you see a scout in the street, look beyond the woggle and neckerchief – you're looking at a citizen of the future and one of tomorrow's leaders today.
Measuring what scouting contributes to local communities 2011
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But you don't have to wear a woggle and neckerchief while tying 76 types of knots and helping old ladies across camp fires, or something, to know that that doesn't apply when the team's manager strops off into the sunset just five days before the start of the new season, leaving the club's plans in a bigger mess than the Gulf of Mexico.
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I found them a couple of blocks off the beach and secured a room at the Vistamar Villa, a two-story L-shaped motel bent around a woggle-shaped pool and lushly landscaped courtyard.
Motel Paradiso 2007
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Compulsive nanoscenarist that I am, I held off offering my version of this weeks news from The Leader in order to give democommie his chance to mind-woggle the story.
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I found them a couple of blocks off the beach and secured a room at the Vistamar Villa, a two-story L-shaped motel bent around a woggle-shaped pool and lushly landscaped courtyard.
Motel Paradiso 2007
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Adrenalin and sheer bloody delight flooded through my aching body as I grasped the silky material in one hand and tightened the leather woggle with the other.
Black Butterfly Mark Gatiss 2008
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Al had lost his special Cubs 90th birthday woggle on the hike so was sad about that.
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Al had lost his special Cubs 90th birthday woggle on the hike so was sad about that.
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Them letters he wrote was certainly the squashiest -- why, every one of them seemed to woggle like a tumbler of jelly -- sweet and sloppy, as you might say!
chained_bear commented on the word woggle
A loop or ring of leather, cord, etc., through which the ends of a Scout's neckerchief are threaded. Usage: "You must decide yourself whether each new Beaver should be asked to pay for his scarf and woggle, or whether these should be provided by the Colony." (J. DEFT, _Beaver Leader's Handbook_ p. 32, 1983, cited in OED)
February 7, 2007
uselessness commented on the word woggle
Amazing that I, a former scout, had completely forgotten about this awesome word. I think that's one of the best things about this web site: it brings back lost memories. Thanks!
February 7, 2007
chained_bear commented on the word woggle
Awesome. Glad you like it. Do you still have a woggle?
Wait... that sounds like a personal question.
February 7, 2007
uselessness commented on the word woggle
No, I had my woggle removed many years ago and haven't looked back since.
February 7, 2007
seanahan commented on the word woggle
In America, we always called these neckerchief slides. I don't think I've ever heard woggle.
February 8, 2007
uselessness commented on the word woggle
We used it in Cub Scouts, but changed terminology in Boy Scouts because we were supposed to be more mature. In Florida, by the way.
February 8, 2007
sarra commented on the word woggle
I must have a woggle somewhere still, proudly named as ever.
December 20, 2007
treeseed commented on the word woggle
A wonderful picture book by Adrienne Adams called A Woggle of Witches shows a woggle to be a group of witches.
February 11, 2008
xhable commented on the word woggle
A wooden neckerchief slide, used in the scouts to keep the nekercheif around necks.
June 8, 2009