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shag-bag

shag-bag is the alternative form of shagbag.

Meaning of shagbag

Noun

shagbag (plural shagbags)

  1. (derogatory, slang) A prostitute or sexually promiscuous woman.
    • I was with one of Old Rose's shagbags, he said. Two of them in fact. You can ask them yourself.2017, Benjamin Myers, The Gallows Pole, Bloomsbury, published 2019, page 303
  2. (obsolete) A shabby person; a worthless or unfortunate person.

Forms of shag-bag

pluralshag-bags

Questions about shag-bag

What is shag-bag the alternative form of?
Shag-bag is the alternative form of shagbag.

Words near shag-bag in the dictionary

  1. shag bands
  2. shag monster
  3. shag monsters
  4. shag wagon
  5. shag wagons
  6. shag-bag
  7. shag-bags
  8. shag-bandit
  9. shag-bandits
  10. shag-boy
  11. shag-boys

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