bags
Britishplural noun
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informal a lot; a great deal
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short for Oxford bags
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informal any pair of trousers
interjection
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Also: bags I. slang:childrens an indication of the desire to do, be, or have something
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uncouth
Example Sentences
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It has already registered three deaths, as well as infections among several staff members who lack gloves, body bags and other basic gear needed to protect their own health.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 24, 2026
I do like, however, that a 10-minute buildout has reduced how many bags of pasta I have open at any given time.
From Slate • May 24, 2026
CARACAS, Venezuela—Before White House officials left the presidential palace one recent afternoon, interim President Delcy Rodríguez gave them blue goody bags tagged with her name.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 24, 2026
He also did not mention that three men had visited their hotel room that night, one holding a briefcase, and spent an hour there before they helped the prophet load bags into his car.
From BBC • May 22, 2026
Cigarette butts, crushed soda cans, scraps of plastic bags, candy bar wrappers, a smushed box of half-eaten French fries.
From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy
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