bagger

noun

bag·​ger ˈba-gər How to pronounce bagger (audio)
plural baggers
1
: a person or device that bags something
a lawn mower equipped with a bagger [=an attachment that collects grass clippings in a bag]
especially : a person whose job is to place items (such as groceries) in bags for customers
works as a bagger at a supermarket
2
: a motorcycle outfitted with compartments for storing accessories and other cargo

Examples of bagger in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The bagger finally pulled her credit card from her wallet and paid the balance for her. Jeanne Phillips, The Mercury News, 4 Mar. 2024 Riddle — who started with the company as a grocery bagger back in high school — said the Kentucky version of its Publix Liquors will boast a larger bourbon selection than its Sunshine State counterparts. The Courier-Journal, 10 Jan. 2024 Essential workers from shopkeepers to street sweepers to grocery baggers come across hundreds of people on a day-to-day basis. Lenora Chu, The Christian Science Monitor, 8 Feb. 2024 Despite bagging's controversial reputation among many players, the strategy isn't really comparable to outright cheating—baggers play an unmodified version of the game as it was designed, after all. Kyle Orland, Ars Technica, 9 Nov. 2023 See all Example Sentences for bagger 

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Word History

First Known Use

1740, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of bagger was in 1740

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“Bagger.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bagger. Accessed 26 Jul. 2024.

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