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English
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From mystery + bag.
Noun
mystery bag (plural mystery bags)
- A bag whose contents are unknown.
- Synonym: (informal) blind bag
- 2010, Barbara Isaacs, Sandy Green (series editor), Bringing the Montessori Approach to Your Early Years Practice, Second edition, page 43,
- An activity in this area, which focuses on the tactile aspects, without using visual discrimination, is the mystery bag. This bag contains sets of matching objects; the child is expected to pair them by feel.
2010, Reba D, Facing Forward - a Life Reclaimed, page 22:I drove home with the mystery bag on the seat beside me. I was going to do as he asked and wait until I got home to open it.
- A surprise package randomly picked, a lucky dip.
- A non-specific mixed lot of a product at the supplier's choice.
Translations
Etymology 2
From 19th c. British rhyming slang for snag (“sausage”), influenced by sense “bag whose contents are unknown”.
Noun
mystery bag (plural mystery bags)
- (now Australia, slang) A sausage.
2010, Kathleen M. McGinley, Out of the Daydream: Based on the Autobiography of Barry McGinley Jones, page 20:Bully beef and spuds, tripe, fish′n chips, Anzac bikkies, damper with cocky′s joy (golden syrup), snags (or mystery bags) and hot custard and jelly for sweets.
- (Australia, slang) A pie.
Related terms
References
- ^ “mystery bags”, entry in 2009, Tony Thorne, Dictionary of Contemporary Slang.