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flesh-bags

flesh-bags is the plural of flesh-bag.

Meaning of flesh-bag

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

Questions about flesh-bags

What is flesh-bags the plural of?
Flesh-bags is the plural of flesh-bag.

Words near flesh-bags in the dictionary

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

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