bags

/ bæɡz /

plural noun

1. informal,  a lot; a great deal

2. short for Oxford bags

3. informal,  any pair of trousers

interjection

1. Also: bags I. slang:childrens,  an indication of the desire to do, be, or have something

2. uncouth

Example Sentences

It’ll top out at carrying 55 pounds—think laundry baskets and bags of rice, not furniture.

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The first four were intentional, including three with the bags empty.

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Later in her career, she was, all too often, called upon to play "dragons" and "old bags" when she hankered after more glamorous roles.

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Wind thrashes around the car park in the dim dawn light, rattling the corrugated supermarket shutters and sending discarded carrier bags billowing as rain tumbles on to the asphalt.

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A few hundred children ages six to 12 arrived at the museum at 6:00 pm with their parents or other caregivers, sleeping bags and pillows in tow.

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Related Words

• bulk 
• chunk 
• extent 
• load 
• lot 
• measure 
• number 
• supply 
• ton 
• volume