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bag people

bag people noun: small-scale peddlers or traders operating in the wake of economic and political collapse, often having been displaced from the cities into the countryside.

Noun

bag people pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) Small-scale peddlers or traders operating in the wake of economic and political collapse, often having been displaced from the cities into the countryside.

bag people meaning in Tamil

bag people in Tamil

பைமாந்தர்

Origin of bag people

Calque of Russian мешочники (mešočniki), from the large sacks they often carried.

Questions about bag people

What does bag people mean?
Bag people means small-scale peddlers or traders operating in the wake of economic and political collapse, often having been displaced from the cities into the countryside.
What is bag people in Tamil?
Bag people in Tamil is பைமாந்தர். See Bag people meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is bag people?
Bag people is a noun.

Words near bag people in the dictionary

  1. bag of weasels
  2. bag of wind
  3. bag of words
  4. bag off
  5. bag out
  6. bag people
  7. bag phone
  8. bag phones
  9. bag plum
  10. bag plums
  11. bag pudding

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