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jerrybag en · NOUN

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Etymology

From Jerry + bag.

Meanings

1. (historical, slang) A woman who consorted with the Germans during the Second World War.
   • ‘I saw you smiling at those Jerries. I was in the bloody BEF. We saw girls like you in France. A Jerrybag, are you, is that the story?’ 2008, Stephen Baxter, Weaver:
   • I said, ‘Raymond and Horace are killed, and my lovely Liza is a jerry-bag.’ 1974, GB Edwards, The Book of Ebenezer Le Page, New York, published 2007, page 263:

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