/ dæg; NAmE / noun ( informal )
1.
( AustralE , NZE ) a person who is strange or different in an amusing way
2.
( AustralE ) a person who is not fashionable
3.
( AustralE , NZE ) a dirty piece of wool that hangs down from a sheep's bottom
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WORD ORIGIN
late Middle English (denoting a hanging pointed part of something, such as ornamental edging on the bottom of a garment): possibly related to the verb tag . Sense 3 dates from the early 17th cent.; sense 1 is a transferred use of English dialect meaning a challenge .