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bagger

American  
[bag-er] / ˈbæg ər /

noun

  1. a person who packs groceries or other items into bags.

  2. a bag of cloth or plastic attached to a power lawn mower to collect grass as it is cut.


Etymology

Origin of bagger

1730–40, for earlier sense; bag + -er 1

Example Sentences

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He directed “The Horse Whisperer” and the golf biopic “The Legend of Bagger Vance,” neither a critical success.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 16, 2025

Denmark's Mianne Bagger became the first transgender golfer to play a professional event when competing in the 2004 Women's Australian Open.

From BBC • Dec. 4, 2024

Christie 55 Solutions, whose small staff included Mr. Christie’s wife, Mary Pat Christie, and Rich Bagger, his former chief of staff, closed its federal lobbying shop in late 2021.

From New York Times • Jun. 16, 2023

Penny’s other film credits included the movies “Mississippi Burning,” “My Cousin Vinny” and “The Legend of Bagger Vance,” as well as the TV series “In the Heat of the Night.”

From Seattle Times • Dec. 29, 2022

“You’ll spend the next two weeks working one day apiece for our different job Keepers—until we know what you’re best at. Slopper, Bricknick, Bagger, Track-hoe—somethin’ll stick, always does. Come on.”

From "The Maze Runner" by James Dashner

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