shopping-bag lady

shopping-bag lady
(американизм) старуха-нищенка;
старая попрошайка

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  • shopping bag lady — shopping bag lady, U.S. a vagrant, homeless, and often elderly woman who roams a city carrying her possessions in a shopping bag or bags: »On a nearby bench, apparently keeping an intermittent vigil, were two shopping bag ladies…endeavoring to… …   Useful english dictionary

  • shopping-bag lady — ˈ ̷ ̷  ̷ ̷ ˌ ̷ ̷ noun : bag lady herein * * * /shop ing bag /. See bag lady (def. 1). [1975 80] * * * shopping bag lady same as ↑bag lady (see under ↑bag). • • • …   Useful english dictionary

  • shopping-bag lady — /shop ing bag /. See bag lady (def. 1). [1975 80] * * * …   Universalium

  • shopping bag lady — n. homeless woman, woman who lives on the streets and keeps her possessions in shopping bags, female beggar …   English contemporary dictionary

  • bag lady — bag ladies N COUNT A bag lady is a homeless woman who carries her possessions in shopping bags …   English dictionary

  • bag lady — ► NOUN informal ▪ a homeless woman who carries her possessions in shopping bags …   English terms dictionary

  • bag lady — ☆ bag lady n. Slang a homeless, destitute, usually elderly woman who wanders the streets of a city carrying her possessions with her, as in shopping bags …   English World dictionary

  • bag lady — noun a homeless woman who carries all her possessions with her in shopping bags • Hypernyms: ↑homeless, ↑homeless person * * * noun, pl ⋯ ladies [count] : a homeless woman who walks around the streets of a city carrying her possessions in a bag * …   Useful english dictionary

  • bag lady — /ˈbæg leɪdi/ (say bag laydee) noun a homeless, often elderly, woman, typically one who carries all her belongings in a shopping bag …  

  • bag lady — bag′ la dy n. cvb a homeless woman who lives in public places, often keeping her belongings with her in shopping bags • Etymology: 1975–80 …   From formal English to slang

  • bag lady — noun Date: 1972 a homeless woman who roams the streets of a city carrying her possessions in shopping bags …   New Collegiate Dictionary


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