shopping-bag lady
[shop-ing-bag]
/ ˈʃɒp ɪŋˌbæg /
NOUN
bag lady
Synonyms
NOUN
street person
Synonyms
NOUN
unhoused person
Synonyms
STRONGEST
STRONG
WEAK
Example Sentences
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When she died at age 83 in "Maryhouse," a residence for the destitute on New York City's Lower East Side, she was living in a small room next door to a shopping-bag lady.
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