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flesh-bag en · NOUN
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(obsolete, slang) A shirt.
The convict's new-found ability to purchase silk and self-fashion as a dandy marks his escape from impoverishment, filling his stomach and his 'flesh-bag' – the evocative flash word for shirt.
2021, Sarah Comyn, Porscha Fermanis, Worlding the south:In 1844, the governor of Oakham Gaol overheard inmate and burglar William Bates divulge that, despite wearing his 'flesh-bag' over his clothes to alter his appearance, his victim recognised him at his preliminary hearing […]
2019, Simon Barnard, James Hardy Vaux's 1819 Dictionary of Criminal Slang and..., page 91:
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