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Meanings of wigwag in English

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Usage of wigwag in English
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They won't find us for at least ten minutes, unless we wigwag.
The Wishing-Ring Man
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Peggy rushed for a towel and a moment later the funny wigwag was answering:
Peggy Stewart, Navy Girl, at Home
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After parleying for a while, one of the landing party was seen to wigwag.
A Gunner Aboard the "Yankee" / From the Diary of Number Five of ...
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The absence of the "wigwag" system made it impossible to convey intelligible messages.
Truxton King: A Story of Graustark
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Or we could use the wigwag code, which some of the Boy Scouts would translate.
The Airplane Boys among the Clouds; Or, Young Aviators in a Wrec...
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Unlike the "wigwag" system, the whole letter is shown at once.
A Gunner Aboard the "Yankee" / From the Diary of Number Five of ...
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Those wigwag signals show the supposition to be true.
Boy Scouts in an Airship; Or, The Warning from the Sky
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I'll wigwag to you and Anthony if you're outside.
Glory of Youth
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But we couldn't use our wigwag flags, even if we tried, because who'd see 'em?
The Banner Boy Scouts Afloat; or, The Secret of Cedar Island
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The pole which had been used to convey the wigwag signals was now out of sight.
Boy Scouts in the Philippines; Or, The Key to the Treaty Box
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Usually it was the wigwag that he used.
Pee-wee Harris on the Trail
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After that there was less pompous dignity and less hysteria, although the toes continued to wigwag.
Army Letters from an Officer's Wife, 1871-1888
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Why, without the wigwag telegraph we'd never be able to let him know one single thing.
The Boy Scouts' First Camp Fire; or, Scouting with the Silver Fo...
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Then we'll fire our revolvers and wigwag with blazing sticks until they see who we are.
Boy Scouts in an Airship; Or, The Warning from the Sky
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Note 48, page 140: All Scouts should know how to wigwag messages.
Pluck on the Long Trail; Or, Boy Scouts in the Rockies
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Or if we had our wigwag flags along with us, and Andy actually groaned with the suspense.
The Airplane Boys among the Clouds; Or, Young Aviators in a Wrec...
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