onion bag

noun

The goal net.

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Meanings

nounonion bag (plural onion bags)

plural onion bags

  1. UKslangball gamesThe goal net.

    You ponce, you slag, pop it in the onion bag.

    2002, Fat Les (band), Who Invented Fish and Chips? (song)

Origin

From the resemblance to the net bags in which onions are sold.

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APA

onion bag. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/onion%20bag

MLA

“onion bag.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/onion%20bag. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “onion bag,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/onion%20bag.

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