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1[dag] noun, verb, dagged, dag·ging.
noun
1.
one of a series of decorative scallops or foliations along the edge of a garment, cloth, etc.
2.
Scot. daglock.
verb (used with object)
3.
to edge (a garment, cloth, etc.) with decorative scallops or the like.

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an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance.
a fool or simpleton; ninny.

Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English dagge < ?; compare Old French dague dagger
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dag

2[dag]
noun Australian and New Zealand Informal.
an amusing, unusual person.

Origin:
1885–90; origin uncertain

Dag

[dahg, dag]
noun
a male given name.
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dag
"thin rain, drizzle, wet fog," late 17c., from a Norse source, cf. O.N. dögg, pl. daggir "dew," from P.Gmc. *daowo- (cf. O.E. deaw; see dew).
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