bag womann.
/ˈbaɡ ˌwʊmən/, U.S. /ˈbæɡ ˌwʊmən/ 1. A woman who carries goods for sale in a bag; a female commercial traveller (usually somewhat depreciative). Cf. bagman n. 2a. Now rare.Earliest in extended use.
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society > trade and finance > selling > seller > [noun] > commercial traveller
rideout1752
rider1752
outrider1762
traveller1790
commercial traveller1807
bagman1808
town traveller1808
commis voyageur1825
roundman1827
drummer1828
travelling salesman1833
bag woman1845
commercial1861
fieldman1875
outride1879
roundsman1884
knight of the road1889
representative1918
sales representative1949
sales rep1959
rep1973
1845 Punch 9 134/1 According to German and French writers, Her Gracious Majesty Queen Victoria is a commercial traveller, a royal bag-woman to the firm of Bull and Company.
1857 Punch 10 Oct. 156/1 The only objection to the substitution of bagwomen for bagmen..[is that] if Travelling Gents were superseded by Travelling Ladies, the commercial-room [of an inn] would not pay so well as it does.
1891 19th Cent. Dec. 948 Meeting in the lanes..one of the bag-women with her large, black bundle of gloves.
1901 S. Baring-Gould Frobishers viii. 73 ‘You're a bag-woman, for 'ere's yer bag,’ said the boy... ‘But are yer a professional commercial traveller?’
2. Originally and chiefly U.S. A woman who collects or distributes the proceeds of illicit activities; a woman who organizes bribes for the police, civil authorities, etc. Cf. bagman n. 2b.
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the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > thief > defrauder or swindler > [noun] > assistant who collects money
bagman1928
bag woman1960
1960 N.Y. Amsterdam News 13 Aug. 35/5 Last week another million dollar action was begun against Powell by Mrs. Esther James, a 64-year old widow, who charged Powell had libeled her in terming her a ‘bag woman’ for uptown cops with underworld figures.
1989 United Press Internat. Newswire (Nexis) 29 Nov. Siegel's mistress was Virginia Hill, reportedly a bag woman for the crime syndicate.
1997 J. L. Smith in J. Sheehan Players vi. 85 In the press, Hill was the Queen of the Mob. In truth, she was a part-time bag woman for Lucky Luciano.
2001 Denver Post 18 Feb. h 2/1 There is no denying that Denise Rich..acted like what can only be described as a bag woman when she delivered $400,000 to the Clinton Presidential Library.
3. A homeless woman who carries her personal possessions in bags; = bag lady n. at bag n. Additions.
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society > travel > aspects of travel > travel from place to place > [noun] > without fixed aim or wandering > vagrancy or vagabondage > vagabond or tramp > carrying belongings
swagman1851
swagger1855
swagsman1869
swaggie1892
bagman1896
drummer1898
battler1900
bindle-man1900
bindle-stiff1900
bluey-humper1903
bag lady1972
bag woman1977
1977 Rolling Stone 7 Apr. 12/3 She shot a three-minute videotape with the ‘friends of Lily Tomlin’ (Susie Sorority;..Tess, the bag woman; and Crystal, ‘The Terrible Tumbleweed’)..to be shown on Saturday Night.
1988 N. Christopher Desperate Characters 81 On the street a bag-woman in a soiled raincoat snatches up the homburg with a flourish.
1997 G. Oldman Nil by Mouth 141 Dossin' on the settee like some fuckin' bag woman, nowhere to live.
2004 Public Choice 118 23 This mass murderer was not an impoverished bag woman, but a lawyer.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2013; most recently modified version published online December 2019).
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