English

Verb

baggs ‎(third-person singular simple present baggses, present participle baggsing, simple past and past participle baggsed)

1. Alternative spelling of bags ‎(“lay dibs”)
   • 2005 Celine Spengeman, The Four Faced Liar: The Mystery of The Shandon Clock, Trafford Publishing, ISBN 9781412075145, page 147,

     In Simon’s house he and Rebecca were having a fight about who should put the angel on the tree.

     “It’s not fair Simon, I baggsed it before ya. D’ya remember last year, you put it up. Now it’s definitely my turn.” Rebecca felt defiant.

   • 2007, Anne Enright, The Gathering, Black Cat, ISBN 978-0-8021-7039-2, page 87,

     I had baggsed, on a whim, Ada’s swatches and books of cloth and they seemed such useless objects by the light of day that I pushed them into a bin on the street.