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flesh-bag

flesh-bag noun: a shirt.

Noun

flesh-bag (plural flesh-bags)

  1. (obsolete, slang) A shirt.
    • In 1844, the governor of Oakham Gaol overheard inmate and burglar William Bates divulge that, despite wearing his 'flesh-bag' over his clothes to alter his appearance, his victim recognised him at his preliminary hearing […]2019, Simon Barnard, James Hardy Vaux's 1819 Dictionary of Criminal Slang and..., page 91
    • The convict's new-found ability to purchase silk and self-fashion as a dandy marks his escape from impoverishment, filling his stomach and his 'flesh-bag' – the evocative flash word for shirt.2021, Sarah Comyn, Porscha Fermanis, Worlding the south

Forms of flesh-bag

pluralflesh-bags

Questions about flesh-bag

What does flesh-bag mean?
Flesh-bag means a shirt.
What part of speech is flesh-bag?
Flesh-bag is a noun.
What is the plural of flesh-bag?
The plural of flesh-bag is flesh-bags.

Words near flesh-bag in the dictionary

  1. flesh out
  2. flesh tunnel
  3. flesh tunnels
  4. flesh wound
  5. flesh wounds
  6. flesh-bag
  7. flesh-bags
  8. flesh-brush
  9. flesh-colored
  10. flesh-coloured
  11. flesh-crawling

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