bag+and+baggage

  • 21baggage — Synonyms and related words: Gladstone, Jezebel, apparatus, attache case, backpack, bad woman, bag, bag and baggage, bandbox, bitch, briefcase, broad, cargo, carpetbag, carryall, chippy, clitoromaniac, cocotte, consignment, ditty bag, drab, duffel …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 22bag — I UK [bæɡ] / US noun [countable] Word forms bag : singular bag plural bags *** 1) a container made of paper, plastic, or cloth, used for carrying or storing things Put your dirty washing in the plastic bag. He was weighed down by shopping bags. a …

    English dictionary

  • 23bag — n 1. pouch, sack, Midland U.S. and Scot. poke, Southwestern U.S. alforja, Chiefly Scot. pocket, Obs. budget; pack, packet, satchel, container, receptacle, reticule. 2. purse, (in Scottish Highland costume) sporran, change purse, money bag;… …

    A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

  • 24bag — /bæg / (say bag) noun 1. a receptacle of leather, cloth, plastic, paper, etc. 2. a suitcase or other portable receptacle for carrying articles. 3. a handbag. 4. the contents of a bag. 5. a. a sandbag. b. the bags, World War I Colloquial the… …

  • 25bag — [[t]bæg[/t]] n. v. bagged, bag•ging 1) a container or receptacle made of some pliant material and capable of being closed at the mouth; pouch 2) a piece of portable luggage 3) purse; handbag 4) the amount or quantity a bag can hold 5) zool. an… …

    From formal English to slang

  • 26bag — n. & v. n. 1 a receptacle of flexible material with an opening at the top. 2 a (usu. in pl.) a piece of luggage (put the bags in the boot). b a woman s handbag. 3 (in pl.; usu. foll. by of) colloq. a large amount; plenty (bags of time). 4 (in… …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 27bag — noun 1》 a flexible container with an opening at the top.     ↘a piece of luggage. 2》 (bags) loose folds of skin under a person s eyes. 3》 (bags) Brit. dated loose fitting trousers. 4》 (bags of) informal, chiefly Brit. plenty of. 5》 the amount of… …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 28baggage —    obsolete    a prostitute    Formerly in standard English, a worthless person, male or female. Shakespeare uses the euphemism in one of his more complex sexual puns:     No barricado for a belly know t; It will let in and out the enemy, With… …

    How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms

  • 29baggage — See: BAG AND BAGGAGE …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 30baggage — See: BAG AND BAGGAGE …

    Dictionary of American idioms