baggies

American  

[bag-eez] / ˈbæg iz /

noun

(used with a plural verb)

1. loose-fitting swimming trunks, often with a drawstring at the waist, especially as worn by surfers.

2. loose-fitting slacks, especially women's slacks gathered at the waist and tapering toward the ankles.

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Etymology

Origin of baggies

First recorded in 1960–65; bag + -y ² + -s ³

Example Sentences

A few steps away is a tiny chamber known as “el pocito,” or little well, where the pilgrims shovel “holy dirt” from a small hole into baggies, baby food jars and assorted vials.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 2023

We use our gloved hands to grab a cookie here and a cookie there, filling the tins or plastic baggies we have in tow to the brim with the homemade wares of our fellow parishioners.

From Salon • Dec. 22, 2022

In the case of the Guadalupe, New Braunfels has instituted a “can ban” outlawing disposable containers and beer cans, plastic baggies, Styrofoam and glass on the river.

From New York Times • Sep. 7, 2022

Other baggies contain round cardboard tokens that symbolize food, decorated with little green worms, red cherries, gray field mice.

From Slate • Aug. 15, 2021

I packed the comal, the escobeta brush, the plastic baggies filled with spices we had brought, the molcajete and pestel.

From "The Book of Unknown Americans" by Cristina Henríquez