释义 |
bagsy, v. Brit. (orig. Children's slang). Brit. |ˈbagzi|, U.S. |ˈbægzi| Forms: 19– baggsy, 19– bagsey, 19– bagsy [‹ bags (in bags I phr.) + -y suffix1. Compare also bag v.1 6b] trans. To assert a claim or right to (something) by using the expression ‘bagsy’; to demand as one's due for being first to claim.
[1946B. Marshall George Brown's Schooldays xxi. 89 ‘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. ]1979I. Opie Jrnl. 28 Mar. in People in Playground (1993) 129 I'm second, I just baggsied it! 1995New Musical Express 28 Oct. 28 (caption) Mark Sutherland baggsys a window seat. 1998C. Aherne et al. Royle Family Scripts: Ser. 1 (1999) Episode 2. 52 Mam. I think I'll do chicken. Antony. Bagsey me breast. |