Citations:bagging

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Jump to navigation Jump to search

English citations of bagging

1851
ME « 15th c. 16th c. 17th c. 18th c. 19th c. 20th c. 21st c.
  • 1851, Herman Melville, Moby Dick:
    At last extinguishing the fire, he took the idol up very unceremoniously, and bagged it again in his grego pocket as carelessly as if he were a sportsman bagging a dead woodcock.
  • 1851, Herman Melville, Moby Dick:
    Not seldom in this life, when, on the right side, fortune's favourites sail close by us, we, though all adroop before, catch somewhat of the rushing breeze, and joyfully feel our bagging sails fill out.