bags
Britishplural noun
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informal a lot; a great deal
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short for Oxford bags
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informal any pair of trousers
interjection
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Also: bags I. slang:childrens an indication of the desire to do, be, or have something
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uncouth
Example Sentences
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By the time Patten, who was travelling with Heliovaara, his wife and their two small children, had squeezed into an Omani registered vehicle with all their bags, the UAE border officials held them up further.
From BBC
In another video, Curtis responds to complaints about Whoppers getting smushed at the bottom of bags.
David Wall, who has lived on the street for 44 years, said the piles of dumped black bags had contained dirty nappies, food waste and even a dead rat which caused a ghastly smell.
From BBC
After we fed the dogs and cooked the trout, we put our sleeping bags inside the circle, got into them, and went to sleep.
From Literature
The venue does not allow large bags for security reasons.
From BBC
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