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- trousersAn abbreviation of leg-bags and a survival from the 19th-century taboo on trousers:The shapeless flannels which he called his bags. (Manning, 1965)
How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms. R. W. Holder. 2014.
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Bags — may refer to:* More than one bag. * Jeff Bagwell, a former Major League Baseball player. * Milt Jackson, a famous jazz vibraphonist nicknamed Bags . * Oxford bags, a form of baggy trousers originating from the University of Oxford. * Cornhole… … Wikipedia
bags — Brit. dated loose fitting trousers. → bag bags loose folds of skin under a person s eyes. → bag … English new terms dictionary
bags I — ► bags (or bags I) Brit. informal a child s expression used to make a claim to something. Main Entry: ↑bag … English terms dictionary
bags — ► bags (or bags I) Brit. informal a child s expression used to make a claim to something. Main Entry: ↑bag … English terms dictionary
bags (I) … — bags (I)… idiom (BrE) (NAmE ˈdibs on…) used to claim sth as yours before sb else can claim it • Bags I sit in the front seat! … Useful english dictionary
bags — spoken BrE Bags I! used by children to claim something that they want: Bags I the biggest cake! … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
bags — Verb. To claim as one s own due to being the first to make such a claim. E.g. Bags I go first. Informal Noun. Trousers. Informal … English slang and colloquialisms
bags — /bægz / (say bagz) verb (t) (bagsed, bagsing) Colloquial (usually in children s speech) to make a claim for: I bags sitting on the outside. Also, Especially Qld, bar. {third person singular of bag to put into a bag (as of a hunting trophy), used… …
bags — 1. Trousers. 2. bags I I claim Juv … A concise dictionary of English slang
Bags’ Groove (Album) — Bags’ Groove Studioalbum von Miles Davis Veröffentlichung 1957 Label Prestige Records … Deutsch Wikipedia
