bagless en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /ˈbæɡləs/ (US)
Etymology
From bag + -less.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Without a bag, or one's bag
'Old stagers' of the Home and Western Circuits, can recall how the juniors of their briefless and bagless days used to entertain the natives of Guildford and Exeter with Shakspearian performances.
1875, John Cordy Jeaffreson, A Book About Lawyers:I darted from room to room as the see-through bagless dustbin piled high with shocking amounts of icky-poo.
2007 October 7, S.S. Fair, “Vacuum Packed”, in New York Times:He walked off, bagless.
1991 March 29, Vicki Quade, “Munchkins”, in Chicago Reader: