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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Wickwiping Your Sags! #178357 07/28/2008 3:13 AM Joined: Feb 2008 Posts: 1,067 Tasmania The Pook old hand The Pook old hand Joined: Feb 2008 Posts: 1,067 Tasmania There was an advertisement in our local paper last week that said: Contractor Wanted To wickwipe large area of sags immediately ????say what???? Anyone have any idea what this means? It sounds painful. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Wickwiping Your Sags! The Pook #178362 07/28/2008 5:05 AM Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 956 Auckland, New Zealand olly old hand olly old hand Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 956 Auckland, New Zealand Wickwiping is a type of application using a wick or cloth to apply herbicide. The idea being not to create unintentional spillage on other plants. As for sags... could be colloquial. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Wickwiping Your Sags! olly #178364 07/28/2008 6:52 AM Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 557 Dallas, TX Myridon addict Myridon addict Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 557 Dallas, TX In aquarium circles, sag is a common shortening of the plant genus Sagittaria as in "My dwarf sags are turning yellow - what should I do?". Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Wickwiping Your Sags! Myridon #178367 07/28/2008 9:31 AM Joined: Feb 2008 Posts: 1,067 Tasmania The Pook old hand The Pook old hand Joined: Feb 2008 Posts: 1,067 Tasmania Yes I learned today from locals that sags are weeds. I don't know whether this is purely local, or Tasmanian, or a wider colloquialism. Coming from another state I had never heard it used before, so I'm assuming it's Tasmanian. A wickwipe is an agricultural-sized version of a weed wand. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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