flesh-bag

See also: fleshbag

English

Noun

flesh-bag (plural flesh-bags)

  1. (obsolete, slang) A shirt.
    • 2019, Simon Barnard, James Hardy Vaux's 1819 Dictionary of Criminal Slang and..., page 91:
      In 1844, the governor of Oakham Gaol overheard inmate and burglar William Bates divulge that, despite wearing his 'flesh-bag' over his clothes to alter his appearance, his victim recognised him at his preliminary hearing […]
    • 2021, Sarah Comyn, ‎Porscha Fermanis, Worlding the south
      The convict's new-found ability to purchase silk and self-fashion as a dandy marks his escape from impoverishment, filling his stomach and his 'flesh-bag' – the evocative flash word for shirt.

References

  • John Camden Hotten (1873) The Slang Dictionary
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