nunny-bag

[< Brit. dial. noony dinner + bag]

Nfld

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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a kind of haversack, often made of sealskin.

Quotations

1842

Having determined to return, we hung up in the tilt a "nunny bag" full of bread.

1961

He clawed through his nunny-bag till he found a bit of oatmeal. . . .