bagging

noun

bag·​ging ˈba-giŋ How to pronounce bagging (audio)
: material (such as cloth) for bags

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Or perhaps the scanning device shouldn’t operate until the bagging area is clear. Judith Martin, The Mercury News, 31 Oct. 2024 The overall benefits of not raking and bagging leaves outweigh the risks. Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 14 Oct. 2024 Or is this poor bagging occurring at the distributor level? Ticked Off, Orlando Sentinel, 5 Aug. 2024 But the administrative burden of bagging and tagging is great, and one homeless person told me that, in practice, possessions were not infrequently classified as abandoned and then swept into the trash. Nathan Heller, The New Yorker, 31 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for bagging 

Word History

First Known Use

1732, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of bagging was in 1732

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“Bagging.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bagging. Accessed 16 Nov. 2024.

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