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noun

Bag n.

1.

A sack or pouch, used for holding anything; as, a bag of meal or of money.

2.

A sac, or dependent gland, in animal bodies, containing some fluid or other substance; as, the bag of poison in the mouth of some serpents; the bag of a cow.

3.

A sort of silken purse formerly tied about men's hair behind, by way of ornament. (Obs.)

4.

The quantity of game bagged.

5.

(Com.) A certain quantity of a commodity, such as it is customary to carry to market in a sack; as, a bag of pepper or hops; a bag of coffee.

Bag and baggage, all that belongs to one.

To give one the bag, to disappoint him. (Obs.)

verb

Bag v. t. (past & past part. bagged; pres. part. bagging)

1.

To put into a bag; as, to bag hops.

2.

To seize, capture, or entrap; as, to bag an army; to bag game.

3.

To furnish or load with a bag or with a well filled bag. "A bee bagged with his honeyed venom."

Bag v. i.

1.

To swell or hang down like a full bag; as, the skin bags from containing morbid matter.

2.

To swell with arrogance. (Obs.)

3.

To become pregnant. (Obs.)

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Etymology of 'Bag'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Bag" Quotes from Famous Books

... caught his marten. It has not frozen, for the snow was light and the forest still and thick, and three days have passed, M'sieu. Three days! Mon Dieu! How much were those three days worth? The trapper taps the squirming head and puts the bit of fur in his pack-bag. On to the next. The beaver? Dead, M'sieu, thanks to the good God, drowned in its own sweet water. The pack is heavy with small bodies ere the Assiniboine reaches the place where he has laid his trap for the silver fox. And what greets him here? Only a foot gnawed off in the silence of the day ...

— The Maid of the Whispering Hills • Vingie E. Roe

... White followed suit. He gave the jailer the usual douceur for introducing him to the prison, and then had his cell pointed out. White sent Shanks, who had accompanied him so far, to fetch his carpet-bag and some clothes. He then retired to his cell to meditate ...

— The Expressman and the Detective • Allan Pinkerton

... idea! No, you cannot. You can learn that Sunday before church. This is not the time to learn Golden Texts. I never saw such a child. Now take your pumps and find the plush bag. Why not? Put them right with Ruth's. That's what the bag was made for. Well, how do you want to carry them? Why, I never heard of anything so silly! You will knot the strings. I don't care if they do carry skates ...

— The Speaker, No. 5: Volume II, Issue 1 - December, 1906. • Various

... pallor and anxiety I saw in her face. She was looking at her neighbor—they occupied seats on the same side of the compartment—with an expression of intense alarm, and I perceived that one of her trembling hands was slowly gliding toward a little traveling bag that was lying on the seat about twenty inches from her. She finished by seizing it and nervously drawing it to her. Our eyes met, and I read in hers so much anxiety and fear that I could not refrain ...

— The Extraordinary Adventures of Arsene Lupin, Gentleman-Burglar • Maurice Leblanc

... know, after having just come off a journey. Wait till to-morrow, sir; double the chance then. Mr. Pickwick, Sir, there is a suit of clothes in that bag, and a hat in that box, which, I expect, in the effect they will produce, will ...

— The Pickwick Papers • Charles Dickens

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