grab bag

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.

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grab bag

n

1. a collection of miscellaneous things

2. US and Canadian and Austral a bag or other container from which gifts are drawn at random

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grab′ bag`

n.

1. a bag or container from which a person, as at a party, draws a gift without knowing what it is.

2. any miscellaneous collection.

[1850–55, Amer.]

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Thesaurus

Noun	1.	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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grab bag

noun

Slang. A collection of various things:

assortment, conglomeration, gallimaufry, hodgepodge, jumble, medley, mélange, miscellany, mishmash, mixed bag, mixture, olio, patchwork, potpourri, salmagundi, variety.

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