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honeybag

noun

Etymology

From honey + bag.

  1. derived from baggi
  2. inherited from bagge
  3. compounded as honeybag — “honey + bag”

Definitions

  1. A pouch in a honey bee where it stores honey for later regurgitation and storage

    A pouch in a honey bee where it stores honey for later regurgitation and storage; a bee's crop.

    • good monsieur, get your weapons in your hand, and kill me a red-hipped humble-bee on the top of a thistle; and, good monsieur, bring me the honey-bag

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA