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- bag-end (n.)[bag-end 词源字典]
- "bottom of a bag," c. 1400, from bag (n.) + end (n.).[bag-end etymology, bag-end origin, 英语词源]
- hag-ridden (n.)
- 1680s, "ridden by hags or witches," past-participle adjective from hag-ride (1660s); from hag (n.) + ridden. From 1702 as "oppressed, harassed;" 1758 as "afflicted by nightmares." An old term for sleep paralysis (the sensation of being held immobile in bed, often by a heavy weight, and accompanied by a sense of alien presence). A holed stone hung over the bed was said to prevent it.
- rag-bag (n.)
- 1820, from rag (n.1) + bag (n.). Figurative sense of "motley collection" is first recorded 1864.
- rag-doll (n.)
- child's plaything, 1776 (from 1757 as "a dressed-up woman"), from rag (n.1) + doll (n.). Rag-baby attested from 1798. Shakespeare has babe of clowts (i.e. "clouts"), 1590s.