bag people

noun

Small-scale peddlers or traders operating in the wake of economic and political collapse, often having been displaced from the cities into the countryside.

OriginRussian мешочники →
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Meanings

nounbag people pl (plural only)
  1. pluralplural onlySmall-scale peddlers or traders operating in the wake of economic and political collapse, often having been displaced from the cities into the countryside.

Origin

  1. Russianмешочники
  2. Englishbag people

Calque of Russian мешочники (mešočniki), from the large sacks they often carried.

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