English Explanatory Dictionary

Aga saga

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A kind of popular novel set in a suburban or rural location and featuring domestic and emotional themes involving middle-class characters.
noun
  1. Alternative letter-case form of Aga saga.

Word forms

Aga saga Aga sagas

Etymology

Rhyming phrase, named for the AGA cooker, a type of stored-heat oven popular in British country houses in the early 20th century. Coined in 1992 by novelist Terence Blacker in reference to the work of Joanna Trollope.

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