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bagful

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bag  (bg)
n.
1.
a. A container of flexible material, such as paper, plastic, or leather, that is used for carrying or storing items.
b. A handbag; a purse.
c. A piece of hand luggage, such as a suitcase or satchel.
d. An organic sac or pouch, such as the udder of a cow.
2. An object that resembles a pouch.
3. Nautical The sagging or bulging part of a sail.
4. The amount that a bag can hold.
5. An amount of game taken or legally permitted to be taken.
6. Baseball A base.
7. Slang An area of interest or skill: Cooking is not my bag.
8. Slang A woman considered ugly or unkempt.
v. bagged, bag·ging, bags
v.tr.
1. To put into or as if into a bag.
2. To cause to bulge like a pouch.
3. To capture or kill as game: bagged six grouse.
4. Informal To gain possession of; capture.
5. Slang
a. To fail to attend purposely; skip: bagged classes for the day and went to the beach.
b. To stop doing or considering; abandon: bagged the idea and started from scratch.
v.intr.
1. To pack items in a bag.
2. To hang loosely.
3. To swell out; bulge.
Idioms:
bag and baggage
1. With all one's belongings.
2. To a complete degree; entirely.
bag it Slang
1. To cease discussion of an issue: Finally in disgust I told my debating opponent to bag it.
2. To bring along one's lunch, as in a paper bag: I don't like cafeteria food, so I always bag it.
in the bag
Assured of a successful outcome; virtually accomplished or won.

[Middle English bagge, from Old Norse baggi.]

bagful n.
bagger n.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.bagfulbagful - the quantity that a bag will hold; "he ate a large bag of popcorn"
containerful - the quantity that a container will hold
Translations
bagful [ˈbægfʊl] Nbolsa f (lleno)
bagful [ˈbægfʊl] nplein sac m
a bagful of sth → un sac rempli de qch, un sac plein de qch
three bagfuls of clothes → trois sacs remplis de vêtements, trois sacs pleins de vêtements
bagful
n a bagful of grocerieseine Tasche voll Lebensmittel
bagful [ˈbægfʊl] nsacco (pieno)
bagful [ˈbægfʊl] nsacco (pieno)


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Once when Goody emptied an extra big bagful, there was a decided squeak; and next time Goody brought another bagful, a little striped Chipmunk scrambled out in a hurry.
His business during the daytime he kept to himself, but he certainly was possessed of a bagful of documents and drawings relating to sundry patents connected with the manufacture of woollen goods, the praises of which he was always ready to sing in a most enthusiastic fashion.
Here are such numbers, I will not say of arrant thieves, but of errant knights and errant squires, errant monks and errant minstrels, errant jugglers and errant jesters, that a man with a single merk would be in danger, much more a poor swineherd with a whole bagful of zecchins.
 
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