"onion bag" meaning in All languages combined

See onion bag on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: onion bags [plural]
Etymology: From the resemblance to the net bags in which onions are sold. Head templates: {{en-noun}} onion bag (plural onion bags)
  1. (UK, soccer, slang) The goal net. Tags: UK, slang Derived forms: bulge in the onion bag, bulge the onion bag

Inflected forms

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  "etymology_text": "From the resemblance to the net bags in which onions are sold.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "onion bags",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "onion bag (plural onion bags)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "British English",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
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          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Football (soccer)",
          "orig": "en:Football (soccer)",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "bulge in the onion bag"
        },
        {
          "word": "bulge the onion bag"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2002, Fat Les (band), Who Invented Fish and Chips? (song)",
          "text": "You ponce, you slag, pop it in the onion bag."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The goal net."
      ],
      "id": "en-onion_bag-en-noun-U7qSMXZW",
      "links": [
        [
          "soccer",
          "soccer"
        ],
        [
          "goal",
          "goal"
        ],
        [
          "net",
          "net"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(UK, soccer, slang) The goal net."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "UK",
        "slang"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "ball-games",
        "games",
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle",
        "soccer",
        "sports"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "onion bag"
}
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "bulge in the onion bag"
    },
    {
      "word": "bulge the onion bag"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From the resemblance to the net bags in which onions are sold.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "onion bags",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "onion bag (plural onion bags)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "British English",
        "English countable nouns",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English nouns",
        "English slang",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "en:Football (soccer)"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2002, Fat Les (band), Who Invented Fish and Chips? (song)",
          "text": "You ponce, you slag, pop it in the onion bag."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The goal net."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "soccer",
          "soccer"
        ],
        [
          "goal",
          "goal"
        ],
        [
          "net",
          "net"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(UK, soccer, slang) The goal net."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "UK",
        "slang"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "ball-games",
        "games",
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle",
        "soccer",
        "sports"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "onion bag"
}

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