bag

Definition

A soft container made out of cloth, paper, thin plastic, etc. and open at the top, used to hold food, commodities, and other goods.

Etymology

From Middle English bagge, from Old Norse baggi (“bag, pack, satchel, bundle”) (whence also Old French bague (“bundle, package, sack”)); related to Old Norse bǫggr (“harm, shame; load, burden”), of uncertain origin.

Example Sentences

• "Acid House is not my bag: I prefer the more traditional styles of music."
• "And from then on, his bag was silence. Silence and killing."
• "They knew it and sometimes used it as a way to get her to glox on, which was not her usual bag."