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Bagman

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Noun

1. bagman, commercial traveler, commercial traveller, roadman, traveling salesman, travelling salesman

a salesman who travels to call on customers

2. bagman

a racketeer assigned to collect or distribute payoff money

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Bagman

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noun plural -men
1. British informal
a travelling salesman
2. slang, mainly US
a person who collects or distributes money for racketeers
3. informal, mainly Canadian
a person who solicits money or subscriptions for a political party
4. Australian history
a tramp or swagman, esp one on horseback
5. Also called: bagswinger Australian slang
someone who takes money for a bookmaker

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Bagman

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nounWord forms: plural ˈbagmen (ˈbægmən ; bagˈmən; for 2, ˈbægˌmɛn ; bagˈmenˌ)
1.  British
a traveling salesman
an old-fashioned usage
2.  US, Slang
a go-between in offering bribes, collecting money as for the numbers racket, etc.

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Bagman

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n.
1. Slang A person who collects money, as for racketeers.
2. Chiefly British A traveling salesman.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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