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[the same pronunciation: the letter 'a' rhymes with the letter 'a' in "bag"]
“Nag” (noun) is ‘an old horse or a horse in bad condition; a race horse’,
a lonely nag (an old, weak horse)
e.g.
Two nags pulled away the heavy cart slowly.
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“Nag”, as a noun, is ‘a person who keeps on complaining and/or asking another to do something in an annoying way; complaining all the time even for simple inconvenience’; and as a verb, it is ‘to annoy somebody by continuous scolding or complaining; to try to argue, reason out with some one, usually in an annoying way; to complain continuously’,
a nag nagging her husband
e.g.
The mistress of the house nagged her house maids so much that they quit their jobs.
A man to his wife: “Oh, don’t be such a nag!”
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