Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A contrivance for supporting a bag and holding it open during the process of filling it.
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Examples
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I was in my usual role of bag-holder for most of the time, so the others could go on the big, scary rides.
I'm not dead Jodie :-) onlyemma 2002
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The last bit in the bag fell to the lot of the bag-holder.
Chapter 62. The Fire-Festivals of Europe. § 4. The Beltane Fires 1922
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The last bit in the bag fell to the lot of the bag-holder.
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The Freshman was of course the bag-holder, while the others making a circuit hastened to their rooms and hilariously waited for their victim, who, alone in the forest, longingly watched for the luscious snipes that never came.
History of the University of North Carolina. Volume I: From its Beginning to the Death of President Swain, 1789-1868 Kemp Plummer 1907
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The last bit in the bag fell to the lot of the bag-holder.
The Golden Bough James George Frazer 1897
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I've bought all your books and been on your show, so maybe you can explain why every last bag-holder, I mean shareholder, of TSCM shouldn't liquidate their position and move on to much brighter, less criminally investigated pastures?
SeekingAlpha.com: Home Page wall street cheat sheet 2010
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For ten shekels, Israelis can buy a Kankomat - a bag-holder that includes its own cutting device.
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The last bit in the bag fell to the lot of the bag-holder.
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BUYBUYBUYing while the big boys are actually SELLSELLSELLing to you, the bag-holder.
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Even more, they use the same structures that worked out so poorly - highly levered hedge fund like vehicles and securitisation - but this time substitute government funding and leaves the taxpayer as main bag-holder if the deals go bad.
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