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† baggie Sc.|ˈbægɪ| [f. bag n. + -ie = -y4.] A Scotch diminutive of bag; the stomach.
1787Burns To Auld Mare Maggie, A guid New-year I wish thee Maggie! Hae, there's a ripp to thy auld baggie.
▸ orig. N. Amer. A small bag; spec. (also with capital initial) (a proprietary name for) a small sealable plastic bag, used esp. for containing food or drugs.
1934Webster's New Internat. Dict. Eng. Lang. Baggie, a little bag. 1955Official Gaz. (U.S. Patent Office) 28 June tm179/2 Baggies... Bags made of flexible transparent sheeting, for general utility wrapping and storing purposes. 1976M. Apple Oranging of America (1986) 32 In her refrigerator she had only brewer's yeast, a coconut, and sprouted mung beans in a baggy thick with mold. 1984M. Piercy Fly away Home vi. 75 The ashes came out of the back of the funeral parlour in a plastic baggie, like lettuce from the supermarket. 1990K. Wozencraft Rush i. 10 When the girl handed me the pot, I tried to look like a connoisseur, opening several baggies and sniffing at their contents. 2002J. Ray Step-ball-change x. 135, I rifled through the refrigerator for the plastic Baggie of braunschweiger. |