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dwagon en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈdwæɡən/
• [ˈdweɪ̯ɡn̩] Upper Midwestern US, Northwestern US, Canada, æ-raising
• [ˈdwæɡn̩]
• (General-American) audio
• /ˈdweɪ̯ɡən/ Upper Midwestern US, Northwestern US, Canada, æ-raising

Etymology

From dragon pronounced with rhotacism, imitating childlike or endearing speech. Compare wittle (“little”).

Meanings

1. (alt-of, pronunciation-spelling) Pronunciation spelling of dragon.
   alt of dragon
   • Whenever a thnap dwagon thnapth at me Or thickth out itth tongue, indethently, I thealthily sweep up behind the thing, Pick one of itth flowerth and then I thing ; "Thnap dwagon, thnap dwagon — naughty plant." 1923, The Gargoyle:
   • “I—I was going to kill the Iwish Dwagon,” Peter said in answer to the mountebank's question, “but—but I fell off.” 1927, Dan Totheroh, The Last Dragon:
   • You should be a dwagon, an' when I kick on the door you should woar fwightfully. 1922, Mazo De la Roche, Explorers of the Dawn, Macmillan Company of Canada, published 1931, [c1922], page 173:
   • “A WIDDLE DWAGON!” 2007, Kate McMullan, Little Giant-Big Trouble, Penguin, →ISBN:
   • “They are the warest of dwagon breeds. 2013, LRW Lee, Blast of the Dragon's Fury (Book One): Andy Smithson Young Adult Fantasy Series, Woodgate Publishing, →ISBN:

Forms

Relateds

dwaggy