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English
Noun
wag-pasty (plural wag-pasties)
- (obsolete) Alternative form of wagpastie
1634, Mabbe, James, transl., The Rogue: or The Life of Guzman de Alfarache, 3rd edition, translation of Guzmán de Alfarache by Mateo Alemán, page 278:In concluſion, ſuch kinde of women, as theſe, are prejudiciall, untameable, notable lurchers, arrant theeves; farre worſe than that ſouldiers boy, who playd the wag-paſty with his Maſters Paſty; and of eight Maravedis made twelve.
1638, Thomas Heywood, The Wise Woman of Hoxton; republished in Verity, Arthur Wilson, editor, Thomas Heywood, London: T. Fisher Unwin, c. 1890s, page 324:Have patience, and in the end we'll pay you all. Your worships are most heartily welcome. I made bold to send for you, and you may see to what end, which was to discover unto you the wild vagaries of this wanton wag-pasty—a wild oats I warrant him—and, Sir Harry, that your daughter hath scaped this scouring, thank this gentleman, and then make of him as he deserves.
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