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bag lady

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noun

a homeless woman who lives and sleeps on city streets or in public places, often keeping all her belongings with her in shopping bags.
bagwoman.

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Examples from the Web for bag lady

  • So of course the bag-lady nightmare fears are back haunting me with much more reality and brutality than I ever imagined...

    The Bag Lady Papers, Part V|Alexandra Penney|February 5, 2009|DAILY BEAST

British Dictionary definitions for bag lady

bag lady

noun

a woman who is homeless and wanders city streets with all her possessions in shopping bagsAlso called (in full): shopping bag lady
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012