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

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In the bedroom, police found a baggie of methamphetamine, burnt tin foil on top of a dresser and nasal Narcan, the charges say. Nick Ferraro, Twin Cities, 17 Jan. 2025 Devs would copy their games to disks and sell them in baggies to hobby shops, or direct by mail via magazine ads. Bluesky Social, 15 Jan. 2025 Berardi was handcuffed and reportedly found with 40 glassine baggies containing a powdery substance as well as a prescription bottle with pills inside that did not match the label, police said. Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 10 Jan. 2025 Next to textbooks on religious studies and notes for a chem final were scales for measuring baggies and felonious amounts of narcotics. Barrett Swanson, Harper's Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for baggie 

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 2 Feb. 2025.

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