baggers

brown bagger

Someone who brings in their own packed lunch (e.g., in a brown paper bag), as for work or school. The brown baggers of the office always go out to the park to eat on nice days.

See also: bagger, brown

four-bagger

slang In baseball, a home run (as it causes one to touch all four "bags," or bases). Scotty just hit a four-bagger and gave us a one-run lead!

rag bagger

1. A boat that is messy and disorganized, often due to neglect. No, I refuse to sail on a rag bagger like that. Do you have any better options?

2. Someone who sails on such a boat. I'm no rag bagger—I keep my vessels nice and neat.

See also: bagger, rag

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brown bagger

A person who brings his or her own supplies, as in The architects of the new office designed a space for brown baggers to eat lunch. The term originated in the 1930s in Britain for very serious students who carried their books about with them in brown briefcases or bags. That usage crossed the Atlantic within a few decades. However, in America from the 1960s on, it has primarily been used for persons who brought their own liquor in a brown paper bag, either legitimately or surreptitiously, to a public place or restaurant not licensed to sell it, or for those who took their lunch to work.

See also: bagger, brown

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer. Copyright © 2003, 1997 by The Christine Ammer 1992 Trust. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

four-bagger

n. a home run in baseball. Wilbur hit his third four-bagger of the season.

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