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bag lady

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Definition of bag lady

: a homeless woman who roams the streets of a city carrying her possessions in shopping bags

Examples of bag lady in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The choral ensembles were stirring and effective, especially those for the women portraying Verdi’s witches, depicted in this staging as like a sisterhood of frumpily dressed yet menacing bag ladies. — New York Times, 26 Sep. 2019

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First Known Use of bag lady

1972, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of bag lady was in 1972

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“Bag lady.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bag%20lady. Accessed 9 Aug. 2022.

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