baggies
Americannoun
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loose-fitting swimming trunks, often with a drawstring at the waist, especially as worn by surfers.
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loose-fitting slacks, especially women's slacks gathered at the waist and tapering toward the ankles.
Etymology
Origin of baggies
Example Sentences
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In Carlin’s archives, by contrast, the jokes were “mainly scraps of paper organized into Ziploc baggies then put into a folder by topic.”
From New York Times • Jun. 8, 2023
We use our gloved hands to grab a cookie here and a cookie there, filling the tins or plastic baggies we have in tow to the brim with the homemade wares of our fellow parishioners.
From Salon • Dec. 22, 2022
They come in long plastic baggies dripping with a mahogany oil that stains your fingers with their spicy fragrances.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 9, 2022
She walks between the tables indoors, greeting kids in Spanish and opening snack baggies on their trays.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 11, 2021
I packed the comal, the escobeta brush, the plastic baggies filled with spices we had brought, the molcajete and pestel.
From "The Book of Unknown Americans" by Cristina Henríquez
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