Frommystery +bag.
mysterybag (pluralmystery bags)
- Abag whose contents are unknown.
- Synonym:(informal)blind bag
- 2010, Barbara Isaacs, Sandy Green (series editor),Bringing the Montessori Approach to Your Early Years Practice, Second edition,page 43,
- An activity in this area, which focuses on the tactile aspects, without using visual discrimination, is themystery bag. This bag contains sets of matching objects; the child is expected to pair them by feel.
2010, Reba D,Facing Forward - a Life Reclaimed,page22:I drove home with themystery bag on the seat beside me. I was going to do as he asked and wait until I got home to open it.
- A baggedpackage, randomly picked, which contains surprises (e.g., mystery prizes).
- Synonym:grab bag
- A bag from which a gift may be withdrawn (usually unseen until after chosen).
- Synonym:grab bag
- Hypernyms:lucky dip,lucky draw
- Coordinate term:grab box
- A nonspecific mixed lot of a product at thesupplier'schoice.
From 19th c. Britishrhyming slang forsnag(“sausage”), influenced by sense “bag whose contents are unknown”.[1]
mysterybag (pluralmystery bags)
- (now Australia, slang) Asausage.
2010, Kathleen M. McGinley,Out of the Daydream: Based on the Autobiography of Barry McGinley Jones,page20:Bully beef and spuds, tripe, fish′n chips, Anzac bikkies, damper with cocky′s joy (golden syrup), snags (ormystery bags) and hot custard and jelly for sweets.
- (Australia, slang) Apie.
- ^“mystery bags”, entry in 2009, Tony Thorne,Dictionary of Contemporary Slang.
