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change bags

change bags is the plural of change bag.

Meaning of change bag

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
  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
    Synonyms:
    diaper bag

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What is change bags the plural of?
Change bags is the plural of change bag.

Words near change bags in the dictionary

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

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