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 And inside the Ziploc baggies or these vesicles are messages for other cells. Ryma Chikhoune, WWD, 3 Sep. 2019 What happened? Drugs, even references to the word dime, when there's suggestion of a dime bag — the small baggie with $10 dollars worth of marijuana — are out, along with 0unce. Jennifer Dixon, Detroit Free Press, 13 Aug. 2024 He was arrested in La Jolla, Calif., with $15,000 in cash, a baggie filled with Viagra tablets, camping gear and four cell phones in his car. Johnny Dodd, Peoplemag, 13 Aug. 2024 Police executing a search warrant at the home recovered several empty baggies containing some residue; it was still being tested by Sunday night. Elizabeth Keogh, New York Daily News, 17 July 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 20 Sep. 2024.

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