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grab bag
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grab bag
n.
1. A container filled with articles, such as party gifts, to be drawn unseen.
2. Slang A miscellaneous collection: The meeting evolved into a grab bag of petty complaints.
grab bag
Noun
1. a collection of miscellaneous things
2. US, Canad, & Austral a bag from which gifts are drawn at random
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Noun1.grab bag - an assortment of miscellaneous items
assortment, miscellanea, miscellany, mixed bag, motley, potpourri, salmagundi, smorgasbord, variety, mixture - a collection containing a variety of sorts of things; "a great assortment of cars was on display"; "he had a variety of disorders"; "a veritable smorgasbord of religions"
2.grab bag - a container from which a person draws a wrapped item at random without knowing the contents
container - any object that can be used to hold things (especially a large metal boxlike object of standardized dimensions that can be loaded from one form of transport to another)
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Make little grab bags for the Salvation Army Kettles come holiday time.
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Most of these books are clumsy, ill-conceived grab bags -- the kind of dimwitted catalogs that make me wonder whether the book publishing industry deserves to live.
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Another problem is that using the focus feature of the gun-detectors involves a three-second delay in the image, which can give people time to grab bags off the conveyer belt.
LAX REVAMPS SECURITY AFTER GUN INCIDENTS by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
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