Definition of Grab bag

1. Noun. An assortment of miscellaneous items.


2. Noun. A container from which a person draws a wrapped item at random without knowing the contents.
Generic synonyms: Container

Definition of Grab bag

1. Noun. a gift, purchase, etc. whose contents are concealed until after a selection is made ¹

2. Noun. (idiomatic) any random assortment, selection or possibility ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Grab Bag

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gozzards
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gp4l
gr
gr/scf
gr8
graafian
graal
graals
grab
grab-bag
grab-bags
grab and go
grab bag
grab bags
grab bar
grab sample
grab some pine
grabable
grabbable
grabbag
grabbags
grabbed
grabber
grabbers
grabbier
grabbiest

Literary usage of Grab bag

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The American Girl's Home Book of Work and Play by Helen Campbell (1902)
"GRAB-BAG. Put a number of little presents in a bag, and let the children grab for them. PAPER BAGS. Fill a large paper bag with candy, suspend it to ..."

2. The Roswell Report: Fact Vs. Fiction in the New Mexico Desert by Richard L. Weaver (1997)
"Q: That was grab bag? A: No, grab bag was to grab stratospheric air to measure the krypton 85... Q: Essentially particulate detection and gaseous. ..."

3. An American Glossary by Richard Hopwood Thornton (1912)
"Grab-bag, Grab-box. A mild form of lottery used at church fairs. ... 1879 It is a grab-bag from which every politician hopes to draw 1835 [The proposed ..."

4. Sales Plans: A Collection of Three Hundred and Thirty-three Successful Ways (1906)
"A grab bag for Children—Jacoby Bros., of Los Angeles, Cal., had what they advertised as a "Free grab bag" to stimulate business and draw attention to an ..."

5. The Absolute Atomic Weights of the Chemical Elements: Established Upon the by Gustavus Detlef Hinrichs (1901)
"We may add, that any one having the time to spare, for a little exact-science amusement can take a grab-bag, fill in digits from o to 9 in about equal ..."

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