debag

American

[dee-bag] / diˈbæg /

verb (used with object)

British Slang.

to depants.
to debunk.

debag British

/ diːˈbæɡ /

verb

slang (tr) to remove the trousers from (someone) by force

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Origin of debag

First recorded in 1910–15; de- + bag

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debagged debagging

Or eyes debagged, an off-screen drama that Actress Letchworth lived through seven years ago.

From Time Magazine Archive

Army Air Forces debagged a cat which the close-mouthed CAP had kept discreetly tied: many CAP planes have been equipped with bomb racks and bombsights.

From Time Magazine Archive

I walked up the Great Wall of China and almost debagged myself on Edmund Hilary and Sherpa Tensing, pointing up to the evening moon.

From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell

Kane may have had a hat-trick under his belt but he continued to contribute to Stoke’s debagging.

From The Guardian ● Feb. 26, 2017

Before pantsing was pantsing, it was debagging, a common prank among students at the University of Oxford in the 1910s and 1920s.

From Slate ● Jul. 10, 2012

This form of discipline has since been practiced in other colleges, and is called debagging.

From An American at Oxford by Corbin, John

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