Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—G

Green Bag

What's in the green bag? What charge is about to be preferred against me? The allusion is to the “Green Bag Inquiry” (q.v.).

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