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ˈlucky-bag
[f. lucky a. Cf. luck in a bag, luck n. 3 b.]
1. A bag, at fairs and bazaars, in which, on payment of a small sum, one dips one's hand and draws an article of greater or less value. Often fig.
1825R. T. in Hone Every-day Bk. II. 1309 Here is Rebecca Swain with her..lucky-bag. 1887W. E. Norris Major & Minor xxxiv, Who knows what is in the lucky-bag. 1891Confectioners' Union IV. 530/1 (Advt.), Farthing Goods... Pick-me-up Lucky Bags. 1902Blackw. Mag. Feb. 290/2 A regular lucky-bag of fighting men. 1927W. E. Collinson Contemp. Eng. 20 The term lucky bag is still used to denote a bag stuffed full of miscellaneous objects. 1931A. Uttley Country Child iii. 37 There the paper bag lay, ‘Monster Lucky Bag’, with some others..on the counter, asking her to open it. 1968‘E. Peters’ Grass Widow's Tale vii. 90 This trifle, hardly too big to have fallen out of a child's lucky-bag. 1973Dalesman May 144/1, I well remember..the lucky bags which cost a ha'penny. These bags were pink, yellow or green and contained some sweets and a little novelty or toy.
2. U.S. ‘A receptacle on a man-of-war for all clothes and other articles of private property carelessly left by their owners’ (Cent. Dict.).
1832E. C. Wines Two Yrs. in Navy (1833) I. 55 All property that falls in his [sc. the master-at-arms'] way for which he cannot find an owner, is thrown into the ‘lucky bag’. 1840Southern Lit. Messenger VI. 233/2 Every man-of-war, you know, has her lucky bag, containing a little of every thing, and something belonging to everybody. 1884S. B. Luce Seamanship 310 (Cent.) Have the master-at-arms with you in this inspection, to gather up all articles of private property and put them in the lucky bag. |