bag lady


noun

a homeless woman who lives and sleeps on city streets or in public places, often keeping all her belongings with her in shopping bags.

Example sentences from the Web for bag lady

  • So of course the bag-lady nightmare fears are back haunting me with much more reality and brutality than I ever imagined...

    The Bag Lady Papers, Part V |Alexandra Penney |February 5, 2009 |DAILY BEAST

British Dictionary definitions for bag lady

bag lady

noun

a woman who is homeless and wanders city streets with all her possessions in shopping bags Also called (in full): shopping bag lady