blue bagn.

Brit.

/ˈbluː baɡ/, U.S.

/ˈblu ˌbæɡ/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: blue adj., bag n.

Etymology: In sense 1 < blue adj. + bag n. In sense 2 < blue n. + bag n.

a. A barrister's (originally a solicitor's) brief bag made of blue fabric, now typically carried by a junior barrister.Cf. green bag n. 1, red bag n. at red adj. and n. Compounds 1f(c)(i).

ΘΚΠ

society > law > legal profession > [noun] > lawyer's bag

buckram1607

buckram-bag1611

wallet1645

green bag1660

blue bag1788

red bag1845

brief-bag1848

1788 in G. Rose Diaries (1860) I. 96 Mr. Pitt had resolved..‘to take his blue bag, and return to the bar.’

1849 C. Dickens David Copperfield (1850) xvii. 181 There was Uriah's blue bag lying down and vomiting papers.

1852 C. Dickens Bleak House i. 5 A battery of blue bags is loaded with heavy charges of papers and carried off by clerks.

1910 Encycl. Brit. IV. 562/1 Blue bags are those with which barristers provide themselves when first called, and it is a breach of etiquette to let this bag be visible in court.

1952 J. A. Joyce Justice at Work i. ii. 34 Following mutual handshaking and felicitations, the newly-called barrister ‘disrobes’ and carries off his hard-won apparel in the ‘blue bag’.

2004 J. C. Mortimer Rumpole & Penge Bungalow Murders (2005) xviii. 151 I was walking down to Ludgate Circus.., with my brief in a very junior barrister's blue bag slung over my shoulder.

b. A person carrying such a bag; a barrister. Also as a humorous personification.

ΘΚΠ

society > law > legal profession > lawyer > [noun]

lawyer1377

man of lawc1405

practiserc1450

jurist1481

lawman1535

practitioner1576

man of the long coat1579

(a gentleman) toward the law1592

gownsman1627

law-driver1640

long-robe man1654

green bag1699

flycatcher1708

homme d'affaires1717

jet1728

law-solicitor1738

shark1806

blue bag1817

law-person1819

law-gentleman1837

maître1883

lip1929

society > law > legal profession > lawyer > [noun] > counsellor, barrister, or advocate

advocatec1384

oratorc1384

prolocutor1493

counsellor1530

barristerc1545

barman1657

bar-gown1664

counsel1709

limb of the bar1815

blue bag1817

actor1875

1817 Black Dwarf 31 Dec. 814 Black legs, blue-bags, learned wig-blocks.

1837 C. Dickens Pickwick Papers xlii. 460 The boy and the blue bag, who were inseparable companions,..said (at least the boy did; for the blue bag took no part in the announcement) that [etc.].

1866 M. Lemon Falkner Lyle I. xvii. 308 The fraternity of bluebags and horsehair wigs, who have been feared and abused from time immemorial.

1985 W. Safire in N.Y. Times Mag. 15 Sept. 19/1 It became possible for hard-working blue-bags to brown-bag at the Temple Bar.

2. A bag containing laundry blue (see blue n. 1c), used to whiten fabrics and formerly also to treat insect bites and stings.Cf. Reckitt's blue bag n. at Reckitt n. 1c.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > washing > washing agents > [noun] > preparations for washing clothes

blue starch1592

blue1620

powder blue1628

bluing1652

smalt-blue1735

blue bag1818

Reckitt's blue1877

washing-blue1881

scour1888

Reckitt's bag blue1925

Reckitt's blue bag1925

soil-release1969

1818 Morning Chron. 2 Sept. 3/4 A friend of mine put his hand on a wasp..; he experienced the most excruciating pain, till the servant dipped the blue bag into water, and applied it to the part stung.

1836 Mag. Domest. Econ. 1 6 Make also a proper flannel ‘blue-bag’.

1862 Mechanics' Mag. 23 May 350/3 Compositions of blue coloring matter..to be used in place of the ordinary blue bags of the laundry.

1928 Daily Express 9 Aug. 3/3 The blue bag—that truly rural remedy for wasp stings.

1967 S. Marshall Fenland Chron. ii. ii. 173 It 'ould take a nice lot o' blue-bag to get your clothes white in it.

2003 Pract. Fishkeeping Aug. 106/4 Bee venom is acidic, hence the old remedy of using a ‘blue bag’ (alkaline laundry product) to neutralise stings.

Phrases

to forget the blue bag: to ignore (the indications of) one's rank.From sense 1.Apparently an isolated use.

ΚΠ

1809 B. H. Malkin tr. A. R. Le Sage Adventures Gil Blas II. v. i. 343 Said I to myself every now and then, when they [sc. the attorneys' wives]forgot the blue-bag [Fr. quand je les voyois s'oublier]; this is the way of the world! Every one fancies himself to be..superior to his neighbour.

Derivatives

ˈblue-bagged adj. (a) carrying a barrister's blue bag (sense 1); (b) whitened with a blue bag (sense 2) (also figurative).

ΚΠ

1852 Punch 14 Sept. 209/2 The barristers' clerks are all on the tout, And blue-bagged attorneys are trotting about.

a1953 D. Thomas Under Milk Wood (1954) 72 She sees in the still middle of the bluebagged bay Nogood Boyo fishing from the Zanzibar.

1993 S. Marshall Nest of Magpies 382 All starched and blue-bagged like one o' them secerrtarries from up London.

2004 G. Brenner Performative Crit. 84 A blue-bagged barrister may assist a wealthy client for a greater exchange of money.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2013; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	blue bag
释义	blue bagn. Brit. /ˈbluː baɡ/, U.S. /ˈblu ˌbæɡ/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: blue adj., bag n. Etymology: In sense 1 < blue adj. + bag n. In sense 2 < blue n. + bag n. 1. a. A barrister's (originally a solicitor's) brief bag made of blue fabric, now typically carried by a junior barrister.Cf. green bag n. 1, red bag n. at red adj. and n. Compounds 1f(c)(i). ΘΚΠ society > law > legal profession > [noun] > lawyer's bag buckram1607 buckram-bag1611 wallet1645 green bag1660 blue bag1788 red bag1845 brief-bag1848 1788 in G. Rose Diaries (1860) I. 96 Mr. Pitt had resolved..‘to take his blue bag, and return to the bar.’ 1849 C. Dickens David Copperfield (1850) xvii. 181 There was Uriah's blue bag lying down and vomiting papers. 1852 C. Dickens Bleak House i. 5 A battery of blue bags is loaded with heavy charges of papers and carried off by clerks. 1910 Encycl. Brit. IV. 562/1 Blue bags are those with which barristers provide themselves when first called, and it is a breach of etiquette to let this bag be visible in court. 1952 J. A. Joyce Justice at Work i. ii. 34 Following mutual handshaking and felicitations, the newly-called barrister ‘disrobes’ and carries off his hard-won apparel in the ‘blue bag’. 2004 J. C. Mortimer Rumpole & Penge Bungalow Murders (2005) xviii. 151 I was walking down to Ludgate Circus.., with my brief in a very junior barrister's blue bag slung over my shoulder. b. A person carrying such a bag; a barrister. Also as a humorous personification. ΘΚΠ society > law > legal profession > lawyer > [noun] lawyer1377 man of lawc1405 practiserc1450 jurist1481 lawman1535 practitioner1576 man of the long coat1579 (a gentleman) toward the law1592 gownsman1627 law-driver1640 long-robe man1654 green bag1699 flycatcher1708 homme d'affaires1717 jet1728 law-solicitor1738 shark1806 blue bag1817 law-person1819 law-gentleman1837 maître1883 lip1929 society > law > legal profession > lawyer > [noun] > counsellor, barrister, or advocate advocatec1384 oratorc1384 prolocutor1493 counsellor1530 barristerc1545 barman1657 bar-gown1664 counsel1709 limb of the bar1815 blue bag1817 actor1875 1817 Black Dwarf 31 Dec. 814 Black legs, blue-bags, learned wig-blocks. 1837 C. Dickens Pickwick Papers xlii. 460 The boy and the blue bag, who were inseparable companions,..said (at least the boy did; for the blue bag took no part in the announcement) that [etc.]. 1866 M. Lemon Falkner Lyle I. xvii. 308 The fraternity of bluebags and horsehair wigs, who have been feared and abused from time immemorial. 1985 W. Safire in N.Y. Times Mag. 15 Sept. 19/1 It became possible for hard-working blue-bags to brown-bag at the Temple Bar. 2. A bag containing laundry blue (see blue n. 1c), used to whiten fabrics and formerly also to treat insect bites and stings.Cf. Reckitt's blue bag n. at Reckitt n. 1c. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > washing > washing agents > [noun] > preparations for washing clothes blue starch1592 blue1620 powder blue1628 bluing1652 smalt-blue1735 blue bag1818 Reckitt's blue1877 washing-blue1881 scour1888 Reckitt's bag blue1925 Reckitt's blue bag1925 soil-release1969 1818 Morning Chron. 2 Sept. 3/4 A friend of mine put his hand on a wasp..; he experienced the most excruciating pain, till the servant dipped the blue bag into water, and applied it to the part stung. 1836 Mag. Domest. Econ. 1 6 Make also a proper flannel ‘blue-bag’. 1862 Mechanics' Mag. 23 May 350/3 Compositions of blue coloring matter..to be used in place of the ordinary blue bags of the laundry. 1928 Daily Express 9 Aug. 3/3 The blue bag—that truly rural remedy for wasp stings. 1967 S. Marshall Fenland Chron. ii. ii. 173 It 'ould take a nice lot o' blue-bag to get your clothes white in it. 2003 Pract. Fishkeeping Aug. 106/4 Bee venom is acidic, hence the old remedy of using a ‘blue bag’ (alkaline laundry product) to neutralise stings. Phrases to forget the blue bag: to ignore (the indications of) one's rank.From sense 1.Apparently an isolated use. ΚΠ 1809 B. H. Malkin tr. A. R. Le Sage Adventures Gil Blas II. v. i. 343 Said I to myself every now and then, when they [sc. the attorneys' wives]forgot the blue-bag [Fr. quand je les voyois s'oublier]; this is the way of the world! Every one fancies himself to be..superior to his neighbour. Derivatives ˈblue-bagged adj. (a) carrying a barrister's blue bag (sense 1); (b) whitened with a blue bag (sense 2) (also figurative). ΚΠ 1852 Punch 14 Sept. 209/2 The barristers' clerks are all on the tout, And blue-bagged attorneys are trotting about. a1953 D. Thomas Under Milk Wood (1954) 72 She sees in the still middle of the bluebagged bay Nogood Boyo fishing from the Zanzibar. 1993 S. Marshall Nest of Magpies 382 All starched and blue-bagged like one o' them secerrtarries from up London. 2004 G. Brenner Performative Crit. 84 A blue-bagged barrister may assist a wealthy client for a greater exchange of money. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2013; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1788
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