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1. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Bag \Bag\ (b[a^]g), n. [OE. bagge; cf. Icel. baggi, and also OF.
   bague, bundle, LL. baga.]
   1. A sack or pouch, used for holding anything; as, a bag of
      meal or of money.
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   2. A sac, or dependent gland, in animal bodies, containing
      some fluid or other substance; as, the bag of poison in
      the mouth of some serpents; the bag of a cow.
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   3. A sort of silken purse formerly tied about men's hair
      behind, by way of ornament. [Obs.]
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   4. The quantity of game bagged.
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   5. (Com.) A certain quantity of a commodity, such as it is
      customary to carry to market in a sack; as, a bag of
      pepper or hops; a bag of coffee.
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   Bag and baggage, all that belongs to one.

   To give one the bag, to disappoint him. [Obs.] --Bunyan.
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