Definitely one from my childhood, and in fact quite recently when we bought
a couple of torches in undisclosed colours and, when we took them out of
their boxes I immediately said I bags the blue one!.
Jean in Poole, Dorset, UK
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I don't remember ever meeting up with 'bags' used this
way. We did use 'bagged' to mean obtaining something.
The dictionary has a meaning (British) for 'bag' that
is the limit of game allowed on a hunting expedition.
I grew up hearing 'I bagged my deer'. The dictionary
also had one usage under
This was very common usage in my childhood in South Lancashire (UK) in the
50s and 60s and is a term I would still use, eg 'bags me the meringue' 'bags
me the seat by the window' or 'bagsy the meringue', etc. I now live in
Sussex in the South of England and the expression is readily understood.
I always used to used bags or bagsy (and knew what dibs was as
well). However, the current phrase of choice is to call shotgun,
certainly amongst the uni canoe club. Normally it's just something
like Shotgun shower (only one shower was working in the ladies
changing room over winter) or
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I always used to used bags or bagsy (and knew what dibs was as
well).
Youngest daughter (now 18) hasn't used bags for a while, but knows what
both it and dibs mean - she, as Helen, said they used bagsy all the
time. We used bags when
Also one I used as a child on the Wirral, Cheshire at about the same time
Sue
(now in Chicago, Illinois)
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This was very
Dear Friends,
Many thanks for your fascinating replies. They were as I expected. I do
recall hearing dibs before but probably only in UK TV series where it
could be readily understood - never in Australian dialect.
Had also never heard the form bagsy.
NOw I've just been talking with a cousin who
David in Ballarat wrote:
NOw I've just been talking with a cousin who wants me to ask all you
knowledgeable folk whether anyone uses the word gammon. It's not used down
here in Victoria, Australia. However, in Queensland and the Northern
Territory it has remained popular for generations. It
