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bags
noun- a great amount UK, 1931
- Great racer, that Juan Pablo Montoya. Terrific chap, bags of talent, no complexes, likes to take a risk and put on a good show. — The Guardian, 7 August 2002
- loose fitting trousers UK, 1853
There have been “bum-bags”, 1860, “howling bags” (a loud pattern), 1850–90, and “go-to-meeting bags” (best clothes), 1870–1910. “Oxford bags”, a very wide-legged cut, were introduced in the early 1920s and are still known. - a mess; a botched enterprise IRELAND
- The hairdresser made a right bags of me perm. — Colin Murphy and Donal O’Dea, The Book of Feckin’ Irish Slang, p. 7, 2004
▶ make a bags of
make a mess of something IRELAND- Has he asked the Revenue Commissioners how it managed to make a bags of defending an open and shut case before the appeals commissioner? — Mr. Rabbitte, Houses of the Oireachtas Parlimentary Debates, 16 December 1998
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