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man-bag

Meaning of "man-bag" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD MAN-BAG

In allusion to handbag.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF MAN-BAG

man-bag


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MAN-BAG

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Man-Bag is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES MAN-BAG MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Handbag

A handbag, also purse or pouch in American English, is a handled medium-to-large bag that is often fashionably designed, typically used by women, to hold personal items such as wallet/coins, keys, mobile phone, cosmetics and jewelry, books/e-books, pen and paper, food and beverage such as a water bottle, pepper spray and other items for self-defence, tampons and other feminine hygiene products, contraceptives, tissues and infant care products, or a hairbrush.

Definition of man-bag in the English dictionary

The definition of man-bag in the dictionary is a small bag, usually with a shoulder strap, carried by a man and designed to contain personal articles.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MAN-BAG

man orchid · man up · man-at-arms · man-child · man-day · man-eater · man-eating · man-hater · man-hour · man-made · man-made fabric · man-made fibre · man-mark · man-mountain · man-o´-war bird · man-of-war · man-of-war bird · man-sized · man-to-man · man-to-man marking

WORDS THAT END LIKE MAN-BAG

air bag · airbag · bag · bean bag · body bag · boil-in-a-bag · boil-in-the-bag · carry-on bag · clutch bag · handbag · in the bag · let the cat out of the bag · paper bag · plastic bag · scumbag · shopping bag · shoulder bag · sleeping bag · tote bag · tucker-bag

Synonyms and antonyms of man-bag in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «man-bag» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR

TRANSLATION OF MAN-BAG

Find out the translation of man-bag to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of man-bag from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «man-bag» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

男子袋
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

hombre -bag
570 millions of speakers
en

English

man-bag
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

मानव बैग
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

رجل حقيبة
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

человек - мешок
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

homem - saco
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

মনুষ্যসৃষ্ট ব্যাগ
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

homme - sac
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Beg-beg
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

Mann - Tasche
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

男バッグ
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

남자 가방
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Wong bag
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

người đàn ông - túi
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

மனிதன் பையில்
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

मनुष्य-पिशवी
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

insan-bag
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

man - bag
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

Człowiek -bag
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

людина- мішок
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

man -bag
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

man - bag
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

man - sak
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

man - påse
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

mann -bag
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of man-bag

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MAN-BAG»

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MAN-BAG»

Discover the use of man-bag in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to man-bag and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Old Man's Bag
Thomas William Hodgson Crosland (1865-1924) was the British author of: Little People: An Alphabet (1901), An Englishman's Love-Letters (1901), The Old Man's Bag (1903), The Motor Car Dumpy Book (1904), The First Stone (1912) and Find the ...
T. W. H. Crosland, 2008
2
The new and complete dictionary of the German and English ...
)u ben SRcnschern gefcen, to go to the Whores, to run after the Wenches, bag SSttenfehchen, a little Person (.Man or Woman). SEenfchenalter, bag, the Age of Man. bag gerooljnlicbeSJienfchenalter errefcyfn, to live to the usual Age of Mao.
John Ebers, 1798
3
Turtle in the Tree
See also rhymed prose Arabic script, 239 Arabs, 45-49, 109, 119, 187 aromas/ perfumes, words for, 315-25 asses, 87-89, 387-89 Atanasiyus al-Tutunji, 69, 137, 417n66 the bag, Bag—man/Bag—men's preoccupation with, 61; the Fariyaq's ...
Humphrey Taman Davies, 2013
4
Classified Index of Occupations and Industries: 1960 Census ...
... Baffler--259 Bag bailer Bag bleacher--Mfg. Bag blower Bag builder--267 Bag bundler Bag catcher Bag cutter Bagging-machine operator--Mfg. Bag-house man Bag-loader-machine operator--Mfg. Bag-machine operator Bag-machine tender ...
United States. Bureau of the Census, 1960
5
Census of Population, 1960: Classified Index of Occupations ...
... blower Bag builder— 267 Bag bund ler Bag catcher Bag cutter Bagging - machine operator — Mfg. Bag-house man Bag-loader-machine operator —Mfg. Bag-machine operator Bag-machine tender Bag maker— Except mining Bag marker— ...
United States. Bureau of the Census, 1960
6
The Pocket Webster School & Office Dictionary
2. hanging loosely; sagging. -bag'gMy, adv. — bag'gi- ness, n. bag lady, [Slang], a homeless, poor woman who wanders city streets carrying her belongings in shopping bags. bag-man (bag'man), n., pi -men, 1. [British], a traveling salesman.
POCKET BOOKS STAFF, Pocket Books, 1990
7
The Fit
The man-bag has been developing over the year to add fashion to utility. Honestly – it's a bag, whoopee if a man carries one. You can throw anything in it according to its size. From a book, a textbook, a notebook, wallet, keys, sunglasses, ...
Kyle Taylor, 2009
8
First Five Years of the Sabbath Reform, 1857-62
... SOlutter, 93ruber, Scbroefter, Gbegatte unb Gljegattin fei roeitcr nidjtg alg $ faffentrug ; ba man bebauptete: Qebermann fei fcin eigener ©ott unb fein eigener ©efefcgeber; ba man bag Gbriftentbum augtilgen unb tie Ie|te 33ibei Ber= brennen ...
New York Sabbath Committee, 1862
9
The Dragonne and the Lioness
In the process, she slid a laminated card under the man's bag. Glued between the layers of paper was a silhouette of a gun cut out of metal foil. To the X-ray machine, it would give the image of a gun in the man's bag. As the man reached for ...
G. M. Hogenson, 2003
10
O'odham Creation and Related Events
He had a medicine man's bag, and when he knew that the enemy was coming he hid an orphan child and gave him his bag. He took the child into the field and dug a hole and buried him. He covered him over with his medicine man's bag: ...
Ruth Benedict, William Blackwater, Donald M. Bahr, 2001

3 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MAN-BAG»

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Highlights of New York Fashion Week: Men's - Telegraph
A perfect alternative should you not be quite ready to commit to the man-bag in its full glory. Sports casual: Polo Ralph Lauren. Jeans smartened up their act at ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 15»
2
Floyd Mayweather -- My Crocodile Bag ... Is Worth $150000
Exclusive Details. 0519-floyd-mayweather-twitter Floyd Mayweather is flossin' a ridiculously rare man-bag ... and it costs more than your CAR! «TMZ.com, May 15»
3
18th century 'man-bag' at Mealy's auction
Mealy's Spring Fine and Decorative Art Sale, a three-day auction, begins on Tuesday at 11am and continues on Wednesday and Thursday in ... «Irish Times, Mar 15»
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