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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That’s when Ms. Nichter, who is Jewish, observed passengers around her ripping apart their Israeli passports, stuffing the larger scraps into sickness bags while chewing and swallowing the smaller pieces.
I lurched to my feet, taking my bags with me as I darted around the corner.
From Literature
He snapped his fingers and two men wearing the Academy staff uniform came forward to take our bags.
From Literature
She said: "It's not what we signed up to do. We signed up to provide a service, we didn't sign up to be used as punch bags."
From BBC
"I wanted to get off straight away. I spent the rest of the day looking after the bags and coats and stuff. That was the first realisation that I needed to take concussion more seriously."
From BBC
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