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tuckerbag

noun

Etymology

From tucker + bag.

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

Definitions

  1. A traditional bag for carrying food (tucker), often a pouch with a drawstring.

    • Down came a jumbuck to drink at the billabong, Up jumped the swagman and grabbed him with glee. And he said as he put him away in the tucker bag `You'll come a-waltzing Matilda, with me!'
    • ‘I had to keep going; had to keep the tucker-bags filled somehow.’

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