baggie

noun bag·gie \ ˈba-gē \

|Updated on: 7 Jun 2018

Definition of baggie

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

Recent Examples of baggie from the Web

Take a look at the serving size, and portion that amount into baggies.

— meghan rabbitt, courant.com, "Outsmart Your Appetite By Knowing These Diet Traps," 1 June 2018
Among the accusations were that White did not allow staff to dispose of syringes and unused botulinum toxin or filler product, but had the unused portions stored in baggies in her office.

— Fox News, "Doctor license on hold over fat storage, syringe allegations," 11 May 2018
In my fantasies, every vending machine was stocked with delicious brown liquors and little plastic baggies full of powdered goodies, and there would be one on every street corner.

— aaron gilbreath, Longreads, "Judgement and Epiphany on Pittsburgh’s Number 79 Bus," 11 May 2018
Police found a small baggie of marijuana and a marijuana sifter in his car.

— bob sandrick, cleveland.com, "Drunk man's Volkswagen rear-ends car on I-480; drunk man's Chevrolet sideswipes car on Engle Road: Brook Park police blotter," 10 May 2018
The jailer then found a small baggie of suspected marijuana wedged between the binding and the Bible's pages.

— max londberg, kansascity, "Missouri woman used a Bible to try to smuggle meth and weed into a jail, police say | The Kansas City Star," 29 Mar. 2018
The prize should be candy hearts (of course!), but make sure to give them a baggie full of fresh ones.

— amy schwabe, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "Candy hearts are the most popular Valentine's Day candy in the nation, and you can do more than just eat them," 11 Feb. 2018
As anyone who’s spent an afternoon with a set of IKEA instructions and baggies full of dowels and doodads knows, sometimes words, and even pictures, aren’t enough.

— nina maclaughlin, WSJ, "‘Making Things Right’ Review: How to Build a Life," 3 May 2018
While the man was being processed in the jail, officers discovered a small baggie of marijuana.

— john benson, cleveland.com, "Parma man with warrant cited for marijuana possession: Parma Heights Police Blotter," 19 Apr. 2018

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