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Body Bag

Definition: Body Bag

Body Bag

Noun

1. A bag in which the body of a dead soldier is placed.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

 

Modern Usage: Body Bag

DomainUsage

Screenplays

That guy's coming home in a body bag. (Seinfeld; writing credit: Andreas Lenze; Bea Schmidt)

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Commercial Usage: Body Bag

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Books

  • Poems from the Body Bag (Offset Offshoot, 11) (reference)

    (more book examples)

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Image Slideshow: Body Bag

Computer Images:
Body Bag

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Photo Album: Body Bag

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Bleach solution is sprayed on body bag prior to burial to prevent the spread of infection. Kikwit, Zaire. Credit: CDC.

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Modern Translation: Body Bag

Language Translations for "body bag"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Dutch

  

body bag, lijkzak. (various references)

   

French

  

body bag, sac funèbre. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

odybay agbay.(various references)

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Misspellings: Body Bag

Misspellings

"Body Bag" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: bodybag. (additional references)

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Anagrams: Body Bag

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-b-b-d-g-o-y"

-2 letters: dobby, gabby.

-3 letters: baby, body, bogy, dago, doby, dogy, gaby, goad, goby, yoga.

-4 letters: abo, aby, ado, ago, bad, bag, bay, boa, bob, bod, bog, boy, dab, dag, day, dog, gab, gad, gay, goa, gob, god, goy, yob, yod.

-5 letters: ab, ad, ag, ay, ba, bo, by, do, go, od, oy, ya, yo.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Usage: Modern
3. Usage: Commercial
4. Images: Slideshow
5. Images: Photo Album
6. Translations: Modern
7. Derivations
8. Anagrams
9. Bibliography


  

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