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change bag

change bag noun: a bag, consisting of two or more compartments (pockets), that allows for the illusion of transforming an object into another, or making an item disappear.

Noun

change bag (plural change bags)

  1. (stage magic) A bag, consisting of two or more compartments (pockets), that allows for the illusion of transforming an object into another, or making an item disappear.
    • Some years ago, before the demise of vaudeville, when acts of this kind were so popular, the necessary switching of the papers was done by means of the magician's change bag.1949, Al Baker, Jean Hugard, Mental Magic, C. W. Jones, page 41
    • What You Need: A wooden egg. A Mesh Egg Bag. A hollow rubber lemon. A change bag (the kind without a handle).1973, Marvin Kaye, The Handbook of Magic, Stein and Day, →ISBN, page 264
  2. Synonym of diaper bag.
    • Well, a week passed, and I still hadn't gotten my baby back, and there was a guy who always wanted to take me out for a drink. He was a truckdriver who used to come through there every month or six weeks. And I kind of liked him, and I talked to him, and chatted to him. I guess I was still carrying...1981, Anne Moose, Berkeley U.S.A., Alternative Press, →ISBN, page 189
    • Always repack the change bag the moment you get home.1999, Ann Douglas, John R. Sussman, The Unofficial Guide to Having a Baby, Wiley, →ISBN, page 336
    Synonyms:
    diaper bag

Examples of change bag in a sentence

  • Remember that you will want to use your change bag for many different effects, so it is especially important that you do not reveal its secret.1996, Caroline Feller Bauer, Leading Kids to Books Through Magic, American Library Association, →ISBN, page 19:
  • It was when Jill the Juggler brought out her magic change bag.2018, Linda Cruse, Leading on the Frontline: Remarkable Stories and Essential Leadership Lessons from the World's Danger Zones, Wiley...
  • I guess I was still carrying the change bag—I wasn't dealing yet.1981, Anne Moose, Berkeley U.S.A., Alternative Press, →ISBN, page 189:

Synonyms of change bag

Forms of change bag

pluralchange bags

Questions about change bag

What does change bag mean?
Change bag means a bag, consisting of two or more compartments (pockets), that allows for the illusion of transforming an object into another, or making an item disappear.
How do you use change bag in a sentence?
Remember that you will want to use your change bag for many different effects, so it is especially important that you do not reveal its secret.
What part of speech is change bag?
Change bag is a noun.
What is the plural of change bag?
The plural of change bag is change bags.

Words near change bag in the dictionary

  1. change agent
  2. change agents
  3. Change Alley
  4. change around
  5. change aversion
  6. change bag
  7. change bags
  8. change bowler
  9. change bowlers
  10. change collars
  11. change course

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