"twag" meaning in All languages combined

See twag on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

Forms: twags [present, singular, third-person], twagging [participle, present], twagged [participle, past], twagged [past]
Etymology: Unknown. Etymology templates: {{unk|en}} Unknown Head templates: {{en-verb}} twag (third-person singular simple present twags, present participle twagging, simple past and past participle twagged)
  1. (UK, dialectal, Yorkshire) To play truant. Tags: UK, Yorkshire, dialectal Synonyms: play hooky, skive, skive off, twagg Derived forms: twaglady, twagman
    Sense id: en-twag-en-verb-L9Niu2h2 Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header, Yorkshire English

Inflected forms

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