put on the feed bag

Idioms

Also, tie on the feed bag. Eat a meal, as in Come on, it's time to put on the feed bag. This slangy term, alluding to a horse's feed bag that is literally tied on, dates from the early 1900s.

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put on the feed bag

My idea was to put on the feed bag, and then go around to the corner and play a little pinochle with the gang.

From Alex the Great by Brown, Arthur William

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