shopping-bag lady

[ shop-ing-bag ]

noun

1. bag lady ( def 1 ).

shopping bag lady

noun

1. another name for bag lady

Word History and Origins

Origin of shopping-bag lady¹

First recorded in 1975–80

Example Sentences

Whether you're a gambling gourmet, a day-tripper or a shopping-bag lady that frequents the outlets: odds are good one place or the other has what you're hungry for.

From Seattle Times

When she died at age 83 in "Maryhouse," a residence for the destitute on New York City's Lower East Side, she was living in a small room next door to a shopping-bag lady.

From Time Magazine Archive

He stumbles into a decrepit old shopping-bag lady in New York who turns out to be his sweetheart from Harvard days.

From Time Magazine Archive

Related Words

• homeless person
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• shopping-bag lady
• unhoused person