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View synonyms for grab bag
grab bag
noun
- a container or receptacle from which a person at a party or the like draws a gift without knowing what it is.
- any miscellaneous collection.
grab bag
noun
- a collection of miscellaneous things
- a bag or other container from which gifts are drawn at random
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Word History and Origins
Origin of grab bag1
An Americanism dating back to 1850–55
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Idioms and Phrases
A miscellaneous collection, as in The meeting amounted to a grab bag of petty complaints . This term alludes to a container offered at a party or fair, where one dips in for a party favor or prize without knowing what one will get. [Mid-1800s]Advertisement
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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