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shopping-bag lady

American  
[shop-ing-bag] / ˈʃɒp ɪŋˌbæg /

noun

  1. bag lady.

shopping bag lady British  

noun

  1. another name for bag lady

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Etymology

Origin of shopping-bag lady

First recorded in 1975–80

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Whether you're a gambling gourmet, a day-tripper or a shopping-bag lady that frequents the outlets: odds are good one place or the other has what you're hungry for.

From Seattle Times

When she died at age 83 in "Maryhouse," a residence for the destitute on New York City's Lower East Side, she was living in a small room next door to a shopping-bag lady.

From Time Magazine Archive

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