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bag o' tricks

bag o' tricks is the contraction of bag of tricks.

Meaning of bag of tricks

Noun

bag of tricks (plural bags of tricks)

  1. (idiomatic) A set of skills, techniques, items of information, or other resources used to help achieve professional or personal goals.
    • "When the time comes I'll go down in the little bag of tricks and dig up anything you need, from a jig dance to a jimmy and a bottle of soup."1909, Rex Ellingwood Beach, chapter 13, in The Silver Horde
  2. (dated, idiomatic, often preceded by whole) A collection of items, especially as constituting a very complete set of such items.
    • Instead of to the credit side of my account he had put the whole bag of tricks to my debit.1908, Jerome K. Jerome, “I Had A Vexing Dream One Night”, in The Angel and the Author; and Others
    Synonyms:
    the works, whole ball of wax

Forms of bag o' tricks

alternative formbag o tricks
alternative formbag-o-tricks
alternative formbag-o'-tricks

Questions about bag o' tricks

What is bag o' tricks the contraction of?
Bag o' tricks is the contraction of bag of tricks.

Words near bag o' tricks in the dictionary

  1. bag man
  2. bag men
  3. bag nasties
  4. bag nasty
  5. bag o tricks
  6. bag o' tricks
  7. bag of antlers
  8. bag of bones
  9. bag of dicks
  10. bag of fruit
  11. bag of holding

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