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feed bag

Or feedbag

noun

  1. Also called nose bag. a bag for feeding horses, placed before the mouth and fastened around the head with straps.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of feed bag1

An Americanism dating back to 1830–40
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Idioms and Phrases

Idioms

  1. put on the feed bag, to have a meal; eat.

    When his friends put on the feed bag, they finish everything in sight.

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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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