(a) bag lady

(a) bag lady
a woman who has no home and carries everything she owns around with her in plastic bags.

Did you see that bag lady looking through the rubbish at the side of the road?


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  • Bag lady — Bag la dy, n. a homeless woman who carries all her possessions with her in bags. [WordNet 1.5] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • bag lady — bag ladies N COUNT A bag lady is a homeless woman who carries her possessions in shopping bags …   English dictionary

  • bag lady — bag .lady n informal an impolite word for a homeless woman who lives on the streets and carries all her possessions with her …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • bag lady — bag ,lady noun count IMPOLITE a woman who has no home and walks around the streets carrying everything that she owns in bags …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • bag lady — ► NOUN informal ▪ a homeless woman who carries her possessions in shopping bags …   English terms dictionary

  • bag lady — ☆ bag lady n. Slang a homeless, destitute, usually elderly woman who wanders the streets of a city carrying her possessions with her, as in shopping bags …   English World dictionary

  • Bag Lady — Infobox Single Name = Bag Lady Artist = Erykah Badu from Album = Mama s Gun B side = On On (Live) Released = flagicon|United StatesSeptember 12, 2000 (CD) flagicon|World October 12, 2000 (CD) Format = CD single, cassette single Recorded = Genre …   Wikipedia

  • bag lady — noun a homeless woman who carries all her possessions with her in shopping bags • Hypernyms: ↑homeless, ↑homeless person * * * noun, pl ⋯ ladies [count] : a homeless woman who walks around the streets of a city carrying her possessions in a bag * …   Useful english dictionary

  • bag lady — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms bag lady : singular bag lady plural bag ladies informal a woman who has no home and walks around the streets carrying everything that she owns in bags …   English dictionary

  • bag-lady — {{#}}{{LM B04434}}{{〓}} {{[}}bag lady{{]}} {{■}}(ing.){{□}} {{《}}▍ s.f.{{》}} Mujer sin hogar que lleva todas sus pertenencias en una bolsa. {{★}}{{\}}PRONUNCIACIÓN:{{/}} [bag léidi]. {{★}}{{\}}ORTOGRAFÍA:{{/}} Por ser un extranjerismo debe… …   Diccionario de uso del español actual con sinónimos y antónimos

  • bag lady — a lady who looks for food and bottles in the streets    Behind the restaurant, a bag lady was digging in the garbage cans …   English idioms

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