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Definition of Grab bag
1. Noun. An assortment of miscellaneous items.
2. Noun. A container from which a person draws a wrapped item at random without knowing the contents.
Definition of Grab bag
1. Noun. a gift, purchase, etc. whose contents are concealed until after a selection is made ¹
2. Noun. (idiomatic) any random assortment, selection or possibility ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Grab Bag
Literary usage of Grab bag
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Girl's Home Book of Work and Play by Helen Campbell (1902)
"GRAB-BAG. Put a number of little presents in a bag, and let the children grab
for them. PAPER BAGS. Fill a large paper bag with candy, suspend it to ..."
2. The Roswell Report: Fact Vs. Fiction in the New Mexico Desert by Richard L. Weaver (1997)
"Q: That was grab bag? A: No, grab bag was to grab stratospheric air to measure
the krypton 85... Q: Essentially particulate detection and gaseous. ..."
3. An American Glossary by Richard Hopwood Thornton (1912)
"Grab-bag, Grab-box. A mild form of lottery used at church fairs. ... 1879 It is
a grab-bag from which every politician hopes to draw 1835 [The proposed ..."
4. Sales Plans: A Collection of Three Hundred and Thirty-three Successful Ways (1906)
"A grab bag for Children—Jacoby Bros., of Los Angeles, Cal., had what they advertised
as a "Free grab bag" to stimulate business and draw attention to an ..."
5. The Absolute Atomic Weights of the Chemical Elements: Established Upon the by Gustavus Detlef Hinrichs (1901)
"We may add, that any one having the time to spare, for a little exact-science
amusement can take a grab-bag, fill in digits from o to 9 in about equal ..."
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