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▪ I. blag, n. slang.|blæg|
[Etym. unknown.]
Robbery (with violence); theft.
1885Session Paper 30 July 471 There has been another blag down round here. 1936J. Curtis Gilt Kid 22, I don't want to say ‘O.K.’ and then find out that I've let myself in for..doing a blag on the crown jewels. 1960Observer 24 Jan. 5/1 The top screwing teams, the ones who went in for the really big blags, violent robberies.
Hence blag v., to rob (with violence); to steal. So ˈblagger, one who blags.
1933C. E. Leach On Top of Underworld x. 137 Blag, snatch a watch chain right off. 1938F. D. Sharpe S. of Flying Squad i. 15 Blaggers, screwsmen, [etc.]..abound in the Underworld of London. Ibid. 329 ‘Johnny blagged the till’—Johnny took the till. 1945J. Henry What Price Crime? 93 Another is known as the ‘blagger’ or ‘snatcher’. These are usually young louts who specialize in snatching ladies' handbags and bolting off.
▪ II. blag, n.2 Brit. slang.
Brit. |blæg|, U.S. |blæg|
[Probably ‹blag v.2 Compare blag n.1, blague n.]
An attempt to obtain or achieve something by persuasive talk or plausible deception; a tall story, a bluff or pretence; a hoax or con.
1962R. Cook Crust on its Uppers Foreword, This is no blag, then, morrie. 1988P. Chippindale & C. Horrie Disaster! iv. 69 Raising the {pstlg}6.5 million..had been either a heroic achievement by selfless, dedicated humanitarians or the blag of the century. 1994M. Ripley Angel City 84 The blag of going in to ask about a job at least gave me the option of hanging around inside and chatting up the manager. 2000J. Goodwin Danny Boy iii. 51 There didn't seem to be any point in trying to continue the blag, so the three of us nodded mutely.
▪ III. blag, v.2 Brit. slang.
Brit. |blæg|, U.S. |blæg|
Forms: 19– blag, 19– blague[rare]
[Origin uncertain; perhaps originally spec. use of blag n.1 Compare blague n.
In form blague, after blague n.]
1. trans. To obtain or achieve by persuasive talk or plausible deception; to bluff, to dupe or deceive by bluffing; to scrounge, esp. by clever or deceitful talk. Freq. in to blag one's way into (or out of): to talk one's way into (or out of).
1934P. Allingham Cheapjack xiv. 177 A man..had blagged money from me as easily as a gipsy from a newly-married woman. 1937‘J. Curtis’ You're in Racket Too xxvi. 264 ‘Cash me a cheque, dopey.’..‘Yourn?’ ‘No. A steamer's. I blagged it out of him.’ 1962R. Cook Crust on its Uppers iii. 37 His temper..is murderous if he thinks we're trying to blag him. 1968Listener 3 Oct. 445/2 This irrational philosophy is responsible..for blaguing a miserable public into living in unpleasant New Towns or tall, unsafe structures. 1983T. Hibbert Rockspeak 22 Kev tried to blag his way into the Boomtown Rats gig by putting on an Irish accent and saying he was Bob Geldof's dad. 1985Internat. Musician June 56/3, I decided that sending tapes in was useless, so I'd get on the phone and try to blag an interview. 1996M. Burgess Junk (1997) iv. 34 If I can't blag my way out of this, I'm better off dead. 2001Mirror (Electronic ed.) 9 Mar. It was the biggest night in the British music calendar and yours truly blagged an invite.
2. intr. To talk persuasively, if disingenuously, in an attempt to obtain or achieve something; to bluff; to scrounge, esp. by clever or deceitful talk.
1991Face Feb. 39/2 In Amsterdam, the band weren't given any passes and had to blag furiously to get back into the club. 1993J. Green It: Sex since Sixties 429 You ain't going to go for that—so you blag for your hostess fee. 1996C. J. Stone Fierce Dancing xi. 169 The talk is of anarchy and freedom. What they mean is..the freedom to rip people off. Glastonbury had typified this. Everyone was blagging from each other.
Derivatives. blagged adj. obtained or achieved by persuasive talk or deception.
1989Rhythm Dec. 5 Dan Eccleston pays his dues for all those *blagged tickets. 1993Super Bike Jan. 28 (caption) Jon Doran, GPZ900 owner and so-called author, aboard his own Ninja, which features many blagged goodies. |