bagman
See also: bag man
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bagman (plural bagmen)
- (US, Australia, New Zealand, informal) A person who collects, transports, or distributes illicit money, especially for the purpose of bribery, extortion, or the making of other improper payments.
- 2006 September 15, James Graff, “In France, a Vintage Chirac Scandal is Uncorked”, in Time:
- The accused are only the latest in a string of alleged bagmen, vote-riggers and ward-heelers charged with wrongdoing.
- (golf) A caddy.
- (British, dated) A staff assistant to a senior police officer (such as a Detective Sergeant for a Detective Inspector).
- (British) A secretary of (and keeper of equipment for) a Morris dancing side.[1]
- (Australia, slang) A bookmaker.
- (Australia, dated, slang) A tramp, hobo.
- (UK, dated, slang) A travelling salesman.[2]
- (US, politics, slang) An officer assigned to travel with the president and carry the "nuclear football".
- 1968, Newsweek, volume 72, numbers 10-18, page 28:
- […] in a locked metal suitcase carried on the President's travels by a warrant officer irreverently known as "the bagman."
- 2013, Richard Doyle, Executive Action:
- The bagman clutching the nuclear football like an undertaker at a wedding. Cameras flashed and clicked, recording the scene. 'Good morning, Mr President,' they chorused.
- (Canada, politics, informal) A prominent fundraiser for a political party or similar cause
- 2016, David Akin, "Tory 'bagman' boasts about party's bank account, Toronto Sun, 28 May,
- Proud to call himself the "bagman" of the Conservative Party, former senator Irving Gerstein boasted about the financial health of his party Friday.
- 2016, David Akin, "Tory 'bagman' boasts about party's bank account, Toronto Sun, 28 May,
References edit
- ^ The Morris Tradition'Each club will have... a Bagman who acts as its secretary.'
- ^ 1873, John Camden Hotten, The Slang Dictionary