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Definition of Old bag
1. Noun. An ugly or ill-tempered woman. "He was romancing the old bag for her money"
Definition of Old bag
1. Noun. (British pejorative) a nasty, troublesome old woman. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Old Bag
Literary usage of Old bag
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Metallurgy of Lead by Henrich Oscar Hofman (1918)
"447, "for old Bag Hooks") and shaken by hand. ... U-shaped rod from the old bag
hooks. The pipe, extending outside the building, is there connected with a ..."
2. Memoirs of a Great Detective: Incidents in the Life of John Wilson Murray by John Wilson Murray (1905)
"I took a piece of the stove and put it in an old bag. ... All these finds I
arranged carefully in the old bag, and that night I went to Toronto and called ..."
3. The Library of Romance: A Collection of Traditions, Poetical Legends, and by Charles Dickens (1837)
"When I am dead be careful to see that my old bag-pipe is buried with me. To detain
it would be of no use to thee, but it may be the cause ot thy happiness, ..."
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