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bags I
[bag v.1 6 b; cf. the vulgar ‘says I’.]
A formula used (orig. by children) to assert a claim to an article, or the right to act in a certain way, on the ground that one is the first to speak up. Also simply bags, or with other extensions, as bags not, etc.
1866A. Dobson Bob Trevor & I ii. in Beeton's Ann. 215 Deep in a hole..gleamed the clear water of a shallow well. ‘Bags I first drink,’ says Bob, according to the polite practice of schoolboys. 1886R. Holland Gloss. County Chester, Bags I,..an expression used by boys in claiming the first place in a game; or in laying claim to any treasure trove. 1899Kipling Stalky 35 There's a Monte Cristo in that lower shelf. I saw it. Bags I, next time we go to Aves! 1921A. A. Milne Second Plays 7 Bags I all the presents. 1926‘R. Crompton’ William—the Conqueror ix. 167 ‘Whose turn is it to get something next?’ said Ginger. ‘Bags me,’ said William. 1937J. B. Priestley Time & Conways i. 3 Bags I this one. 1940M. Marples Pub. School Slang 9 Bags not..establishes exemption from anything unpleasant. 1946B. Marshall George Brown's Schooldays xxi. 89 ‘Bags I do not ask about the room,’ Abinger said. ‘What about you doing the gassing instead of me?’ ‘But I bagsed-I I didn't,’ Abinger protested. 1950B. Sutton-Smith Our Street i. 25 [They] would all sit.. ‘bagzing’. I bagz we go to the Zoo. Ibid. 26 He always made this bagz... I don't bagz the Zoo. |