Meanings
plural bag-carriers
- A person who carries someone's bags
- informalA relatively unimportant assistant or spokesman of a more important person
Gordon Brown's former bag-carrier Neal Lawson is in a state of ecstacy
2007 August 30, Private Eye, number 11911 more example
Ryanair bag-carrier Peter Sherrard ranted Diary entry edited by Sophie Brodie
2007 August 24, Daily Telegraph, numbers 47, 344, page B8
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