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bags of tricks

bags of tricks is the plural 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

Questions about bags of tricks

What is bags of tricks the plural of?
Bags of tricks is the plural of bag of tricks.

Words near bags of tricks in the dictionary

  1. bags of dicks
  2. bags of fruit
  3. bags of mystery
  4. bags of nerves
  5. bags of rations
  6. bags of tricks
  7. bags of waters
  8. bags of weasels
  9. bags of wind
  10. bags of words
  11. bags off

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