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swag bag

noun
/swæɡ bæɡ/

Etymology

Mid-19th century UK. From swag (“stolen goods”).

Definitions

  1. A bag used to carry stolen goods.

    • A career criminal was caught by police as he attempted to leave a swag bag of stolen goods with a friend's next-door neighbour.
    • A bungling robber who had to abandon £9,000-worth of cigarettes because the swag bag was too heavy has been told he deserved every day of his four-and-a-half year sentence.

  2. A bag containing free gifts or promotional material.

    • The Oscar swag bag has become a rite of passage for Academy Award nominees, where rich, good-looking celebrities are given thousands upon thousands of dollars worth of luxuries, for free.

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