Meaning

2 senses
  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see bag, shell.

  2. A trifle.

Origin

Misconstruction of bagatelle (“trifle”).

Misconstruction of bagatelle (“trifle”).

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Forms

plural: bags of shells
Singularbag of shells
Pluralbags of shells

irregular

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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