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Bag

noun

1.

A flexible container with a single opening.

2.

The quantity of game taken in a particular period (usually by one person).

3.

A place that the runner must touch before scoring. Synonym: base.

4.

A container used for carrying money and small personal items or accessories (especially by women). Synonyms: handbag, pocketbook, purse.

5.

The quantity that a bag will hold. Synonym: bagful.

6.

A portable rectangular container for carrying clothes. Synonyms: grip, suitcase, traveling bag, travelling bag.

7.

An ugly or ill-tempered woman. Synonym: old bag.

8.

Mammary gland of bovids (cows and sheep and goats). Synonym: udder.

9.

An activity that you like or at which you are superior. Synonyms: cup of tea, dish. "His bag now is learning to play golf" , "Marriage was scarcely his dish"

verb

(past & past part. bagged; pres. part. bagging)

1.

Capture or kill, as in hunting.

2.

Hang loosely, like an empty bag.

3.

Bulge out; form a bulge outward, or be so full as to appear to bulge. Synonym: bulge.

4.

Take unlawfully. Synonym: pocket.

5.

Put into a bag.

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... there was a knock at my room-door, and I was informed that a gentleman had come to see me. When we had finished prayer, it was found to be a brother from Tetbury, who had brought from Barnstaple L1 2s. 6d. for the Orphans. Thus we have L1 14s. 6d., with which I must return the letter-bag to the Orphan-Houses, looking ...

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... sheltering on the port side from the swell, held on by two ropes at the stern and bow. Women went up the side first, climbing rope ladders with a noose round their shoulders to help their ascent; men passengers scrambled next, and the crew last of all. The baby went up in a bag with the opening tied up: it had been quite well all the time, and never suffered any ill effects from its cold journey in the night. We set foot on deck with very thankful hearts, grateful beyond the possibility ...

— The Loss of the SS. Titanic • Lawrence Beesley

... pause. The servant opportunely entered with a small parcel of books, a note to Mr. Merton, and that most blessed of all blessed things in the country,—the letter-bag. ...

— Alice, or The Mysteries, Book V • Edward Bulwer Lytton

... straw-hatted postman lurched along the gravel drive with the morning's post. He touched his hat to Dick, delivered the Manor House bag into his ...

— Viviette • William J. Locke

... the parting of the ways, which he faced with a courage unusual in one of his years. There was little to be done. He packed his few belongings in a bag that had been his mother's. The lad possessed one suit besides the one he wore, and this he stowed away as best he could, determining to press it out ...

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