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OLD BAG
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Dictionary entry overview: What does old bag mean?
• OLD BAG (noun)
The noun OLD BAG has 1 sense:
1. an ugly or ill-tempered woman
Familiarity information: OLD BAG used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An ugly or ill-tempered woman
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
bag; old bag
Context example:
he was romancing the old bag for her money
Hypernyms ("old bag" is a kind of...):
disagreeable woman; unpleasant woman (a woman who is an unpleasant person)
Context examples
“Let us see, old bag of bones; let us see what it is that you have under your arm!”
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
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