baggie

noun

bag·​gie ˈba-gē How to pronounce baggie (audio)
plural baggies
: a usually small, clear plastic bag
… shoved his baggie of kumquats into the pocket of his Members Only jacket …Jonathan Lethem
My brother spent four days in jail. Police wanted to charge someone with possession of a baggie of crack cocaine they subsequently found under a nearby car, so they had chosen him.Chastity M. Pratt

Examples of baggie in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Bartholomew County paramedics found a syringe and an empty baggie with a corner cut inside the pickup when Sweet was found. Sarah Nelson, The Indianapolis Star, 12 June 2024 Then the camera looks inside the bag, where several baggies of dope are hiding for Hush to swallow. Noel Murray, Vulture, 9 June 2024 In a bedroom, agents found several small baggies filled with marijuana, several THC vape pens and a bag of Xanax bars. Rick Jervis, The Courier-Journal, 31 May 2024 At one of Mazzei’s properties Wednesday, a residential building the ring leader lived in on Bay St. near Broad St. in Stapleton, police carried evidence boxes and small baggies of a white substance out as neighbors watched from the street. Ellen Moynihan, New York Daily News, 22 May 2024 See all Example Sentences for baggie 

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Word History

Etymology

bag entry 1 + -ie

First Known Use

1963, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of baggie was in 1963

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“Baggie.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/baggie. Accessed 2 Jul. 2024.

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