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The term bagman (or bag man) has different meanings in different countries. One group of definitions centers on the idea of traveling. In British usage, "bagman" is a term for a traveling salesman, first known from 1808. [1] In Australian usage, it can mean a tramp or homeless man. [2] [3] However, many other definitions center around money.
Der Mann mit dem Sack (the man with the bag) by Abraham Bach der Ältere. Sinterklaas and Zwarte Piet with naughty children, 1885 Gruss vom Krampus, ca. 1900. The Sack Man (also called the Bag Man or Man with the Bag/Sack) is a figure similar to the bogeyman, portrayed as a man with a sack on his back who carries naughty children away.
friend: "a friend of mine" is an associate, "a friend of ours" is a made man. G: a grand; a thousand dollars; also see large. garbage business: euphemism for organized crime. Golden Age: The days before RICO. Goodfella: A member of the Mafia. goomar or goomah: Americanized form of comare, a Mafia mistress.
It is sometimes referred to as el Hombre del costal, el hombre de la bolsa, el hombre del saco, or in Portuguese, o homem do saco (all of these names either meaning "the sack man" or "the bag man"). Another Spanish language variation is el roba-chicos, meaning "child-stealer".
A bagman or bag man is a collector of dirty money for organized crime. Bagman may also refer to: Bagman, a 1982 French platform arcade game; Bagman, a biochip containing the personality of a fallen comrade in the 2000AD comic Rogue Trooper; Bagman, a 2010 film about Jack Abramoff
Most used handcarts rather than a bag, and some used a pony and cart, giving out rubbing stones [nb 1] in exchange for the items that they collected. [20] In 1958, a Manchester Guardian reporter accompanied rag-and-bone man John Bibby as he made his rounds through Chorlton and Stretford , near Manchester .
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A bindle is the bag, sack, or carrying device stereotypically used by the American sub-culture of hobos. [1] The bindle is colloquially known as the blanket stick, particularly within the Northeastern hobo community. A hobo who carried a bindle was known as a bindlestiff.