Haggis McBaggis

English

Etymology

See hag, haggis, Mc-, and bag (“an old woman”).

Proper noun

Haggis McBaggis

  1. (colloquial) An archetypal ugly or frumpy old woman.
    • 1988, Margaret Atwood, Cat's Eye:
      Sometimes they say, “I look like an absolute hag,” and sometimes, “I look like Haggis McBaggis.” This is an ugly old woman they seem to have made up.
    • 2011, Jenny Colgan, Meet Me At The Cupcake Café:
      […] Haggis McBaggis, the lady with all the bags she pushed along in a shopping trolley, who sometimes hung around the bus stop but never got on a bus.
    • 2013, Sereena Nightshade, Dysfunctional Meanderings, page 47:
      Haggis McBaggis / Traipsing in the discount store / Dressed in soiled rags / Complete with bedraggled hair
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