green bagn.

Brit.

/ˌɡriːn ˈbaɡ/, U.S.

/ˌɡrin ˈbæɡ/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: green adj., bag n.

Etymology: < green adj. + bag n.

1. A brief-bag made of green material, formerly used by barristers and lawyers. Now historical.Brief-bags used by English lawyers are now blue or red (cf. blue bag n. 1a and red bag n. at red adj. and n. Compounds 1f(c)(i)). The change in colour is said to have arisen following public unrest in support of Queen Caroline during her trial in 1820, when the evidence against her was contained in the traditional green bags.

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society > law > legal profession > [noun] > lawyer's bag

buckram1607

buckram-bag1611

wallet1645

green bag1660

blue bag1788

red bag1845

brief-bag1848

1660 Exact Accompt Daily Proc. Parl. No. 69. 720 (advt.) If any one hath taken up a Green Bag.., let it be brought to Mr. Waheusly's at the White Lyon in Chancery-Lane.

1677 W. Wycherley Plain-dealer iii. 42 You Green Bag Carrier, you Murderer of unfortunate Causes, the Clerks Ink is scarce off of your fingers.

1712 J. Arbuthnot John Bull in his Senses iii. 15 I am told, Cousin Diego, you are one of those that have undertaken to manage me, and that you have said you will carry a Green Bag your self, rather than we shall make an end of our Law-Suit.

1794 Politics for People I. No. 13. 13 I was thin as a stag, And my empty green bag Presented no picture but—ruin.

1817 Cobbett's Weekly Polit. Reg. 8 Feb. 181 There is a green bag full of papers..laid before Parliament.

1863 J. Strang Travelling Notes France, Italy & Switzerland viii.100 I remember having seen the unfortunate Queen Caroline..attended by Bergami, in St. Peter's, only a few years before that unfortunate Princess was subjected to the terrors of a green bag.

1897 A. Barrère & C. G. Leland Dict. Slang (at cited word) ‘What's in the green bag?’ i.e., what is the charge to be preferred against me?

1928 W. T. Foster & W. Catchings Road to Plenty ii. 18 The Kindly Lawyer, who had said nothing all this time, now turned to the Gray Man. ‘I know how you feel,’ he said, carefully putting his document back in the green bag.

1967 Virginia Law Rev. 53 112 The law is here, not indeed in Lord Coke's green bag, but here in the 20th century, at our disposal.

1998 E. Cornog Birth of Empire x. 142 The sad fact was that the Green Bag held nothing for him.

2006 J. Robins Trial of Queen Caroline ix. 134 He would not disclose the contents of the Green Bags, he said, but he would say this: that the charges were ‘grave and serious’.

2. slang. In form green-bag. A lawyer. rare.Letters purporting to be written by a Lawyer called Moses Greenbag feature in Spectator (1713) 7, Nos. 499 and 526.

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society > law > legal profession > lawyer > [noun]

lawyer1377

man of lawc1405

practiserc1450

jurist1481

lawman1535

practitioner1576

man of the long coat1579

(a gentleman) toward the law1592

gownsman1627

law-driver1640

long-robe man1654

green bag1699

flycatcher1708

homme d'affaires1717

jet1728

law-solicitor1738

shark1806

blue bag1817

law-person1819

law-gentleman1837

maître1883

lip1929

1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew Green-bag, a Lawyer.

1985 W. Safire in N.Y. Times Mag. 15 Sept. 19/1 It became possible for hard-working blue-bags to brown-bag at the Temple Bar, while lubricious green-bags brown-bag it in American restaurants.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	green bag
释义	green bagn. Brit. /ˌɡriːn ˈbaɡ/, U.S. /ˌɡrin ˈbæɡ/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: green adj., bag n. Etymology: < green adj. + bag n. 1. A brief-bag made of green material, formerly used by barristers and lawyers. Now historical.Brief-bags used by English lawyers are now blue or red (cf. blue bag n. 1a and red bag n. at red adj. and n. Compounds 1f(c)(i)). The change in colour is said to have arisen following public unrest in support of Queen Caroline during her trial in 1820, when the evidence against her was contained in the traditional green bags. ΘΚΠ society > law > legal profession > [noun] > lawyer's bag buckram1607 buckram-bag1611 wallet1645 green bag1660 blue bag1788 red bag1845 brief-bag1848 1660 Exact Accompt Daily Proc. Parl. No. 69. 720 (advt.) If any one hath taken up a Green Bag.., let it be brought to Mr. Waheusly's at the White Lyon in Chancery-Lane. 1677 W. Wycherley Plain-dealer iii. 42 You Green Bag Carrier, you Murderer of unfortunate Causes, the Clerks Ink is scarce off of your fingers. 1712 J. Arbuthnot John Bull in his Senses iii. 15 I am told, Cousin Diego, you are one of those that have undertaken to manage me, and that you have said you will carry a Green Bag your self, rather than we shall make an end of our Law-Suit. 1794 Politics for People I. No. 13. 13 I was thin as a stag, And my empty green bag Presented no picture but—ruin. 1817 Cobbett's Weekly Polit. Reg. 8 Feb. 181 There is a green bag full of papers..laid before Parliament. 1863 J. Strang Travelling Notes France, Italy & Switzerland viii.100 I remember having seen the unfortunate Queen Caroline..attended by Bergami, in St. Peter's, only a few years before that unfortunate Princess was subjected to the terrors of a green bag. 1897 A. Barrère & C. G. Leland Dict. Slang (at cited word) ‘What's in the green bag?’ i.e., what is the charge to be preferred against me? 1928 W. T. Foster & W. Catchings Road to Plenty ii. 18 The Kindly Lawyer, who had said nothing all this time, now turned to the Gray Man. ‘I know how you feel,’ he said, carefully putting his document back in the green bag. 1967 Virginia Law Rev. 53 112 The law is here, not indeed in Lord Coke's green bag, but here in the 20th century, at our disposal. 1998 E. Cornog Birth of Empire x. 142 The sad fact was that the Green Bag held nothing for him. 2006 J. Robins Trial of Queen Caroline ix. 134 He would not disclose the contents of the Green Bags, he said, but he would say this: that the charges were ‘grave and serious’. 2. slang. In form green-bag. A lawyer. rare.Letters purporting to be written by a Lawyer called Moses Greenbag feature in Spectator (1713) 7, Nos. 499 and 526. ΘΚΠ society > law > legal profession > lawyer > [noun] lawyer1377 man of lawc1405 practiserc1450 jurist1481 lawman1535 practitioner1576 man of the long coat1579 (a gentleman) toward the law1592 gownsman1627 law-driver1640 long-robe man1654 green bag1699 flycatcher1708 homme d'affaires1717 jet1728 law-solicitor1738 shark1806 blue bag1817 law-person1819 law-gentleman1837 maître1883 lip1929 1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew Green-bag, a Lawyer. 1985 W. Safire in N.Y. Times Mag. 15 Sept. 19/1 It became possible for hard-working blue-bags to brown-bag at the Temple Bar, while lubricious green-bags brown-bag it in American restaurants. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1660
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