bags

Etymology 1

noun

  1. plural of bag
  2. (often in the phrase 'bags of') A large quantity.
    No need to rush: there's bags of time.
    Please take as many coat hangers as you like. I've got bags.
  3. (slang) Trousers.
  4. (slang, vulgar) A woman's breasts.

verb

  1. third-person singular simple present indicative of bag

Etymology 2

Grammatical extension of third-person singular form of bag (“make first claim on something”).

verb

  1. (Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, UK) To reserve for oneself.
    So you were thrilled, and we picked out the mare for Harriet, and you bagsed the black, and I had the chestnut, and we all rode away one day. 2006, Jill Golden, Inventing Beatrice, page 81
    Mum bagsed being the priestess who got to dangle Stone over the volcano by his ankles. 2007, Debra Oswald., Getting Air, page 66
    Battered armchairs and a sofa were bagsed first; they were more comfortable than the school chairs that could get hard. 2008, Kate Dellar-Evans, Best of Friends: The First Thirty Years of the Friendly Street Poets, page 13
    ‘Hey, it′s my turn in the front,’ Kalista called as she realised her brother had bagsed the front seat. 2009, J. Lodge, Black Mail, page 316
    They used to share the water as kids, and for some reason Irene always managed to bags the first bath; Riva made do with the soapy second. 2016, Laurence Fearnley, The Quiet Spectacular, page 214

intj

  1. Used to claim something for oneself, especially in the combination 'Bags I'.
    Bags I sit in the front seat!

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