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bag lady
[ bag ley-dee ]
noun
- Slang: Offensive. an unsheltered or homeless woman who lives and sleeps on city streets or in public places, often keeping all her belongings with her in shopping bags.
bag lady
noun
- a woman who is homeless and wanders city streets with all her possessions in shopping bags Also called (in full)shopping bag lady
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Word History and Origins
Origin of bag lady1
First recorded in 1960–65
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Example Sentences
The Daily Pic: In "Bag Lady in Flight", one of L.A.'s great artists brought the street inside.
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I had no idea I was going to be drinking out of a paper bag with a bag lady.
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Well beyond her addled NYU appearance and beyond the fashionable-bag lady look, the real Mary-Kate is now a successful adult.
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Alexandra Penney, author of ‘The Bag Lady Papers,’ watches ‘Chasing Madoff’ and gives it a thumbs up.
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From The Bag Lady Papers by Alexandra Penney Copyright (c) 2010.
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