lucky bag

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Noun

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lucky bag (plural lucky bags)

  1. A receptacle for lost property on board a ship.
  2. A bag filled with miscellaneous toys and goodies for children, sold at a fete or fair.
    • 1930, Norman Lindsay, Redheap, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1965, →OCLC, page 206:
      `You're like one of the lucky bags the children stare at through shop windows and wonder what's in them.'