wiggle n.
In phrases
to bustle, to hurry, to ‘look lively’.
Taranaki Herald (NZ) 13 Sept. 4/2: Get a wiggle on, my lad / Don’t walk at a funeral pace / [...] / Get a hustle on your walk. | ||
Student Sl. in Cohen (1997) 19: get a wiggle on you Hurry up, bestir yourself. | ||
Tales of the Ex-Tanks 386: You want to do a wiggle [...] the train pulls out in two minutes. | ||
Bulletin (Sydney) 31 Mar. from N.Y. Criterion Red Page/2: ‘D’yer mean I’ve got ter walk?’ [...] / ‘Sure thing – unless you can slide it. Come get a waggle on you, or I’ll kick you half-way there.’. | ||
Log Of A Cowboy 55: As our foreman galloped away, leaving us behind, Bob Blades said, ‘Has n’t the boss got a wiggle on himself to-day?’. | ||
Observer (NZ) 25 Apr. 14/1: Tell Dick to get a wiggle on; I’m tired of waiting. | ||
Collar and Cuffs 11: After the fire [...] the sheep had to ‘get a wriggle on’ pretty quickly [AND]. | ||
Lucky Seventh (2004) 215: Now you get a wiggle on you, and trot out that split-second watch. | ‘For Revenue Only’ in||
Anzac Book 36/1: You’d better get a wriggle on. There’s a short cut that way. | ||
(con. 1918) Top Kick 153: Hey, get a wiggle on with them wounded! | ||
Murder Down Under (1951) 50: Get a wriggle on, Leonard, or you’ll turn into a real creepy toad. | ||
Battlers 274: Old Sharkey turned dog on us, didn’t he, Bet? Said he’d get me for abduction. So get a wiggle on you, ’Postle. | ||
Lucky Palmer 13: Now get a wriggle on. | ||
Snowball 234: By Christ! If we don’t get a wriggle on you’ll be havin’ her for lunch instead of a night-time snack. | ||
Barry McKenzie [comic strip] in Complete Barry McKenzie (1988) 78: Get a wriggle on darlings. I’ve got the car waiting. | ||
(con. 1941) Gunner 187: Wakey wakey, soldier! Get a wriggle on if you want to get off tonight. | ||
Real Thing 230: She had to meet the boys at six — better get a wriggle on. | ||
Stay Put, Robbie McAmis 80: ‘You younguns get a wiggle on,’ she scolded. | ||
Statistics and Society 54: Then you’d better get a wiggle on ’cause I’m getting awfully tired of running this country alone!! | ||
One Man’s Junk 57: Well, you better get a wiggle on. Otherwise you’re gonna get grounded again. |