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"I am Providence's favorite bag-holder," was his bitter thought.

From The Indian On The Trail From "Mackinac And Lake Stories", 1899 by Catherwood, Mary Hartwell

Then he turned to the ex-sheriff: "Write out the name of the bag-holder for him, Dedmon," he commanded, tearing a leaf from his pocket notebook and thrusting it, with a stubby pencil, into Dedmon's hands.

From The Wreckers by Lynde, Francis

These are placed on the squares called by the bag-holder, who draws numbers haphazard from his sibylline sack.

From Spanish Highways and Byways by Bates, Katharine Lee