to rattle one's dags
1rattle one's dags — informal hurry up. → daft about …
2dag — Austral./NZ noun 1》 a lock of wool matted with dung hanging from the hindquarters of a sheep. 2》 informal an entertainingly eccentric person. 3》 informal a conservative or unfashionable person. ↘an untidy or shabby person. verb (dags, dagging …
3dag — 1. n. & v. Austral. & NZ n. (usu. in pl.) a lock of wool clotted with dung on the hinder parts of a sheep. v.tr. (dagged, dagging) remove dags from (a sheep). Phrases and idioms: rattle one s dags sl. hurry up. Derivatives: dagger n. Etymology:… …
4dag — I. /dæg / (say dag) noun 1. Also, daglock. wool on a sheep s rear quarters which is dirty with mud and excreta. 2. → dag picker. –verb (t) (dagged, dagging) 3. to shear dags from (sheep). –phrase 4. rattle your dags, Colloquial …
5Glossary of sheep husbandry — The raising of domestic sheep has existed in nearly every inhabited part of the globe, and the variations in cultures and languages which have kept sheep has produced a vast lexicon of unique terminology used to describe sheep husbandry. A few of …
