单词 | ball bag |
释义 | ball bagn. 1. a. A bag for bullets or other ammunition. Now historical. Cf. ball n.1 5a. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > equipment for use with firearms > [noun] > bullet-bag bullet-bag1598 bullet-pouch1757 ball bag1778 1778 G. Cartwright Jrnl. 22 July (1792) II. 344 My guns were discharged..and..I had left my shot, and ball-bag..in the boat. 1859 Times 24 May 5/4 The accoutrements, of brown leather, should consist of a 50-round pouch..; ball bag, with oil bottle. 1886 Oxford (Iowa) Mirror 27 Aug. Williams..began ominously to untie his packet of cartridges and placed them loose in his ball-bag. 1906 G. Friederici in A. Locke & B. Stern When Peoples Meet (1942) iv. 169 The skin was tanned, and from it were made a saddle, ball bags, and belts. 2003 R. J. Moore Lewis & Clark: Tailor made, Trail Worn xv. 260/2 Inside the rifle pouch were usually a fire-starting kit.., a leather bullet or ‘ball bag’, a ball mold, [etc.]. b. A bag for holding the balls used in a sport or game. ΚΠ 1895 Steubenville (Ohio) Daily Herald 28 Dec. (caption) Ball bag and regulation ball. 1970 J. Bouton Ball Four vi. 292 Plaza lets me take new baseballs out of his ballbag. 2006 Edmonton (Alberta) Jrnl. (Nexis) 29 Apr. i3 For ball storage, consider purchasing a large ball bag, constructed out of nylon netting, from a sports store. 2. slang. The scrotum. Cf. ball n.1 12a. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > secretory organs > gland > specific glands > [noun] > testicle or testicles > integument of codOE pursec1395 bollock codc1450 codwarea1475 scrotum1598 tunica vaginalis1828 ball bag1955 nutsack1970 ball sack1974 scrote1975 bawbag1999 dicksack2009 1955 J. M. Cohen tr. F. Rabelais Gargantua & Pantagruel iii. xv. 330 My velvety ball-bag, my cloistral and cabalistic and ballocky friend. 1993 People (Sydney) 22 Sept. 15/2 We're not selfish bastards who want to drain the ball bag for our own pleasure. 2002 Loaded July 77/3 I don't want a load of hairy arses and swinging ball-bags on my set. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1778 |
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