Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—B

Bags

A slang word for trousers, which are the bags of the body. When the pattern was very staring and “loud,” they once were called howling-bags.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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