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单词 bags i
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bags Iphr.

Etymology: bag v.1 6b; compare the vulgar ‘says I’.
A formula used (originally by children) to assert a claim to an article, or the right to act in a certain way, on the ground that one is the first to speak up. Also simply bags, or with other extensions, as bags not, etc.
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1866 A. Dobson Bob Trevor & I ii, in Beeton's Ann. 215 Deep in a hole..gleamed the clear water of a shallow well. ‘Bags I first drink,’ says Bob, according to the polite practice of schoolboys.
1886 R. Holland Gloss. Words County of Chester Bags I,..an expression used by boys in claiming the first place in a game; or in laying claim to any treasure trove.
1899 R. Kipling Stalky & Co. 35 There's a Monte Cristo in that lower shelf. I saw it. Bags I, next time we go to Aves!
1921 A. A. Milne Second Plays 7 Bags I all the presents.
1926 ‘R. Crompton’ William—the Conqueror ix. 167 ‘Whose turn is it to get something next?’ said Ginger. ‘Bags me,’ said William.
1937 J. B. Priestley Time & Conways i. 3 Bags I this one.
1940 M. Marples Public School Slang 9 Bags not..establishes exemption from anything unpleasant.
1946 B. Marshall George Brown's Schooldays xxi. 89Bags I do not ask about the room,’ Abinger said. ‘What about you doing the gassing instead of me?’ ‘But I bagsed-I I didn't,’ Abinger protested.
1950 B. Sutton-Smith Our Street i. 25 [They] would all sit.. ‘bagzing’. I bagz we go to the Zoo.
1950 B. Sutton-Smith Our Street i. 26 He always made this bagz... I don't bagz the Zoo.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2019).
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