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body bag
noun
: a large zippered bag (as of rubber or vinyl) in which a human corpse is placed especially for transportation
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The encampment eventually was broken up in a predawn public safety action, after demonstrators reportedly began stepping up pressure by using increasingly graphic tactics, such as placing fake body bags on the lawn of a school official.
—Bill Laytner, Detroit Free Press, 3 June 2024
Plot details are being kept in the body bag, but it is being described as being partly inspired by the Real Housewives franchise, which focuses on the soap operatic and over-the-top theatrics of well-to-do women in areas ranging from Orange County to Miami to Atlanta.
—Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 June 2024
When the coroner unzips the body bag, Clarke crumbles to the ground, but Margaret confirms that the body isn’t Gus, marking perhaps the most overt schism between the couple.
—Siddhant Adlakha, Vulture, 9 Feb. 2024
There would be eight body bags on the ground and no one would have a problem with it.
—Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 2 Feb. 2024
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Word History
First Known Use
1947, in the meaning defined above
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“Body bag.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/body%20bag. Accessed 15 Jul. 2024.
Medical Definition
body bag
noun
: a large zippered bag (as of rubber or vinyl) in which a human corpse is placed especially for transportation
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