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waggon

waggon noun: dated spelling of wagon.

Noun

waggon (plural waggons)

  1. (UK) Dated spelling of wagon.
    • We go on like one of those country waggons, creaking along in the old ruts […]1880s, A. L. O. E., The Wondrous Sickle, and Other Stories, London: Gall & Inglis, →OCLC
    • The first waggon was loaded, and moved a few yards along the quay, and the second took its place. There was an order and swiftness over the work that told of a careful preparation. The third waggon took the place of the second and the work of loading it went even faster. Then, at a shout from the...1922 February, H. Harrison, “Plot and Counterplot: A Tale of the Smuggling Canker in the Days Following the Battle of Waterloo”, in The Boy’s Own Paper, volume XLV, part 4, London: “Boy’s Own Paper”...

Verb

waggon (third-person singular simple present waggons, present participle waggoning, simple past and past participle waggoned)

  1. (UK) Dated spelling of wagon.
    • The ore is firſt waggoned to the river, a quarter of a mile, then laden on board of canoes, and carried acroſs the river, which is there about 200 yards wide, and then again taken into waggons and carried to he furnace.1781–1782, Thomas Jefferson, “Query VI. A Notice of the Mines and Other Subterraneous Riches; Its Trees, Plants, Fruits, &c.”, in Notes on the State of Virginia. […], London: Printed for John...

waggon meaning in Tamil, Malayalam and Kannada

waggon in Tamil

சுமைவண்டி

waggon in Malayalam

ശകടം, ചരക്കുവണ്ടി, റെയിൽവേ വാഗൺ

waggon in Kannada

ಬಂಡಿ

Examples of waggon in a sentence

  • The first waggon was loaded, and moved a few yards along the quay, and the second took its place.1922 February, H. Harrison, “Plot and Counterplot: A Tale of the Smuggling Canker in the Days Following the Battle of Waterloo”, in The...
  • The waggons are deep and square; wider at the top than at the bottom, and are fast at all sides.1944 September and October, Charles E. Lee, “An Ancient Underground Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 274, text from early 19th century:
  • The waggon seemed slower than a snail to Frodo.1954, J. R. R. Tolkien, “A Short Cut to Mushrooms”, in The Fellowship of the Ring, London: George Allen & Unwin, →OCLC, page 105...

Forms of waggon

Noun
pluralwaggons
Verb
third-person singular presentwaggons
present participlewaggoning
past participlewaggoned
pastwaggoned

Words formed from waggon

Phrases with waggon

Questions about waggon

What does waggon mean?
Waggon means dated spelling of wagon.
What is waggon in Tamil?
Waggon in Tamil is சுமைவண்டி. See Waggon meaning in Tamil.
How do you use waggon in a sentence?
The first waggon was loaded, and moved a few yards along the quay, and the second took its place.
What part of speech is waggon?
Waggon can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of waggon?
The plural of waggon is waggons.

Words near waggon in the dictionary

  1. wagglier
  2. waggliest
  3. waggling
  4. wagglings
  5. waggly
  6. waggon
  7. waggonage
  8. waggonages
  9. waggoned
  10. waggoneer
  11. waggoneers

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Adapted from Wiktionary: waggon (page history and authors); waggon (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); waggon (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); waggon (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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