baggie

noun

bag·​gie ˈba-gē How to pronounce baggie (audio)
plural baggies
: a usually small, clear plastic bag
… shoved his baggie of kumquats into the pocket of his Members Only jacket …Jonathan Lethem
My brother spent four days in jail. Police wanted to charge someone with possession of a baggie of crack cocaine they subsequently found under a nearby car, so they had chosen him.Chastity M. Pratt

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Clear one-gallon plastic freezer bags, like Ziploc baggies, are allowed. Madeline Bartos, CBS News, 12 Jan. 2026 Put the grass into a little baggie. Literary Hub, 5 Jan. 2026 Hours later, the manager of a nearby business found the dead dog and called police, who arrested the man and also accused him of having several baggies of methamphetamine at the time of his arrest. Andrea Klick, Oc Register, 3 Dec. 2025 With the addition of the Etteliot S, the entire hands-on part of waste disposal, not counting physically relieving oneself, would be minimized to throwing sealed, odorless baggies in the garbage. New Atlas, 15 Nov. 2025 See All Example Sentences for baggie

Word History

Etymology

bag entry 1 + -ie

First Known Use

1955, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of baggie was in 1955

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“Baggie.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/baggie. Accessed 17 Jan. 2026.

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