baggs

English

Verb

1. Alternative spelling of bags (“lay dibs”)
   • 2005 Celine Spengeman, The Four Faced Liar: The Mystery of The Shandon Clock,^[1] Trafford Publishing, →ISBN, page 147,

     In Simon’s house he and Rebecca were having a fight about who should put the angel on the tree.

     “It’s not fair Simon, I baggsed it before ya. D’ya remember last year, you put it up. Now it’s definitely my turn.” Rebecca felt defiant.

   • 2007, Anne Enright, The Gathering,^[2] Black Cat, →ISBN, page 87,

     I had baggsed, on a whim, Ada’s swatches and books of cloth and they seemed such useless objects by the light of day that I pushed them into a bin on the street.