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Synonyms

bags

British  
/ bæɡz /

plural noun

  1. informal a lot; a great deal

  2. short for Oxford bags

  3. informal any pair of trousers

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interjection

  1. Also: bags I.  slang:childrens an indication of the desire to do, be, or have something

  2. uncouth

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Example Sentences

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Ashley said biodegradable bags could also help, adding that food recycling was for solids only, not for milk or sauces.

From BBC

Max entered and set his bags next to my clothes and linens, acting like it was totally normal to show up alone with only his luggage.

From Literature

Mom hands him one of two bags she had set aside next to the door.

From Literature

Much more important than the wall-to-wall TV coverage of roadside bombs and body bags was the ongoing deflation of the dot-com bubble.

From The Wall Street Journal

Dow told customers this week that it plans to double a previously announced 15-cent-a-pound price hike for polyethylene, which is used to make products including bottles, bags, tubing and textiles.

From The Wall Street Journal

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