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grab bag
noun- a loose assortment of anything US, 1879
From a lucky dip offered at US fairs. - [A] grab-bag of talent including Busted and art-rockers Goldfrapp[.] — The Guardian, 13 January 2004
- a pooled mix of different types of pills contributed by
several people and then consumed randomly US - — William D. Alsever, Glossary for the Establishment and Other Uptight People, p. 12, December 1970
- the theft of a suitcase or briefcase accomplished by placing a look-alike bag near the bag to be stolen and then picking up and leaving with the bag to be stolen; the suitcase or briefcase stolen in such a theft US
- He looked at the grab bag closely. Nice grained leather, expensive make. — Odie Hawkins, Chicago Hustle, p. 28, 1977
- Elijah sometimes felt like the only man in the world when he did the grab bag ... because it was as though everyone knew what he was doing[.] — Odie Hawkins, Chicago Hustle, p. 27, 1977
- a lunch box or lunch bag US
- — Jerry Robertson, Oil Slanguage, p. 60, 1954
- a bag of equipment prepared for grabbing in the event of an emergency UK
- [H]e swam under the wreckage to pull out a liferaft from the well of the forward cabin, before returning underwater to find an emergency “grab-bag” containing a satellite telephone, spare batteries, torches and flares. — The Times, 10 August 2004
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