Bagging
['bæɡɪŋ] or ['bægɪŋ]
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bag
(n.) Cloth or other material for bags.
(n.) The act of putting anything into, or as into, a bag.
(n.) The act of swelling; swelling.
(n.) Reaping peas, beans, wheat, etc., with a chopping stroke.
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Examples
- She was dressed in a single filthy, ragged garment, made of bagging; and stood with her hands demurely folded before her. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- His face had fallen in, and was unshorn; his frill and neckcloth hung limp under his bagging waistcoat. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- He worked for me some half-dozen years in my bagging factory, and he was my best hand, sir. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
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