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To give one the bag

Bag \Bag\ (b[a^]g), n. [OE. bagge; cf. Icel. baggi, and also OF. bague, bundle, LL. baga.]

  1. A sack or pouch, used for holding anything; as, a bag of meal or of money.

  2. A sac, or dependent gland, in animal bodies, containing some fluid or other substance; as, the bag of poison in the mouth of some serpents; the bag of a cow.

  3. A sort of silken purse formerly tied about men's hair behind, by way of ornament. [Obs.]

  4. The quantity of game bagged.

  5. (Com.) A certain quantity of a commodity, such as it is customary to carry to market in a sack; as, a bag of pepper or hops; a bag of coffee.

    Bag and baggage, all that belongs to one.

    To give one the bag, to disappoint him. [Obs.]
    --Bunyan.