one-bagger

[wuhn-bag-er]

noun

Baseball Informal.

1. single.

Word History and Origins

Origin of one-bagger¹

First recorded in 1950–55

Example Sentences

To the overnight business traveler intent on handling her own luggage — the “one-bagger” in doorman parlance — he is the discreet aide-de-camp, opening doors and tending to cars without belaboring the interaction.

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Curtis Granderson, the pesky right-fielder who bats first for the Metropolitans, poked a one-bagger into left field, and so it began.

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Related Words

• single