wigwag
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Lex not only brought us together but sent us down different paths than we’d been on before he gave us the wigwag.
From The New Yorker ● Jan. 25, 2016
Then through the glasses, U.S. sailormen saw a ragged figure, a pair of wigwag flags.
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A labor spokesman said in effect that Wilson was a liar, no such offer had been made "by personal conversation, mail, telephone, telegram, wigwag or smoke signal."
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From here, he can wigwag through the skylight into the kitchen when he is ready for lunch.
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Mr. Wells has perfected a method of signalling by means of wigwag, light, smoke, or whistle which is as simple as it is effective.
From Taxidermy by Leon Luther Pray
When war came, Herbert wagged his tongue in Commons less, wigwagged the semaphore flags on his river boat, Water Gipsy, more.
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For better visibility during World War II, landing signal officers on U.S. aircraft carriers wore fluorescent-striped uniforms, wigwagged planes to landings with fluorescent "paddles."
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One of them wigwagged: "Am I right for Sicily?"
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Having wigwagged one relaxing message to the West, the Soviet boss felt called upon to resume his menace.
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Instantly Darrin ordered the signal wigwagged back: "Understood."
From Dave Darrin After The Mine Layers by H. Irving (Harrie Irving) Hancock
Zeppo and Chico were to play, Harpo to advise, Groucho to perch on a tower behind Culbertson wigwagging signals.
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For the first time, Johnson seemed to be wigwagging a readiness to stop the bombing and enter into talks without advance guarantees or gestures from Hanoi.
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There were signs that Johnson was wigwagging his open left hand as well as prominently displaying his clenched right fist.
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Once, to distract batters, he began wigwagging and semaphoring at the plate from his second base position.
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As the three raced over the plate, one after another, Wiley was seen violently wigwagging toward the bench.
From Lefty Locke Pitcher-Manager by Burt L. Standish