bagmen

To her great surprise and mortification he was not alone; but brought with him a couple of friends, whom he begged to introduce as Mr. Jeremiah Jackson, and Mr. Solomon Smith, chapmen, (or what in modern vulgar parlance would be termed bagmen) travelling to procure orders for the house of an eminent cloth manufacturer in Manchester.

Jack Sheppard A Romance William Harrison Ainsworth 1843

There's nothing on the right, I think, but here on the left is something like our cut -- D-o-l dol, p-h-i-n phin, Dolphin Inn. It's long since I went the circuit, as the commercial gentlemen (or what were called bagmen in my days) term it, but I haven't forgot the experience I gained in my travels, and I whiles turn it to werry good account now.

Jorrocks' Jaunts and Jollities Robert Smith Surtees 1833

It's an arena where only powerful interests have a say and well paid lobbyists (aka influence-peddling "bagmen") "grease the wheels" of big government to make it work for big business in a "snatch and grab" all you can enterprise that leaves the public largely out in the cold.

Comments On David Sirota's New Book - Hostile Takeover 2006

Also there was a small handcase, such as bagmen carry on their rounds.

Mr. Standfast John Buchan 1907

His hatred of Protestant missionaries in the East is phenomenal: he calls them "bagmen," ascribes all mischief and infamy to them, and his hatred is only exceeded by his credulity.

A History of the warfare of Science with Theology in Christendom 1896

I have found these so-called 'bagmen' to be among the most pleasant-mannered, agreeable, and intelligent people whom I have met while roaming in provincial

Wanderings by southern waters, eastern Aquitaine Edward Harrison Barker 1885

Another suggestion is that it derives from the "bagmen", who carried the club's match day takings in big leather bags from the turnstiles to the cash office on the halfway line.

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Another suggestion is that it derives from the "bagmen", who carried the club's match day takings in big leather bags from the turnstiles to the cash office on the halfway line.

unknown title 2009

Another suggestion is that it derives from the "bagmen", who carried the club's match day takings in big leather bags from the turnstiles to the cash office on the halfway line.

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"bagmen" that happened to be in the hotel dine at a common table, as a family, and take up a penny collection for the waiter, had its rise in the brain of Cobden.

Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 09 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Reformers Elbert Hubbard 1885