单词 | bag people |
释义 | > as lemmasbag people bag people n. originally and chiefly U.S. homeless people, esp. those who carry their possessions in disposable shopping bags. ΚΠ 1979 T. Williams Vieux Carré i. i. 7 They's lots of folks my age, black an' white, that's called bag people. They just wander round with paper bags that hold ev'rything they possess or they can collect. 1981 N.Y. Times 3 Mar. a19/4 The family had been found living in Grand Central Station, along with scores of other unfortunates—‘bag people’,..individuals discharged from state hospitals, and random lost souls. 2005 Church Times 11 Mar. 11/5 We shall..turn into two mad old bag people.., wheezingly overcoming our enormous bulk to pick up litter and push back supermarket trolleys wherever we go. < as lemmas |
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