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bag⋅man

  [bag-man for 1; bag-muhn for 2, 3]
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–noun, plural -men  [-men for 1; -muhn for 2, 3] .
1. dishonest official; a person who collects, carries, or distributes illegal payoff money.
2. British. a traveling salesman; drummer.
3. Australian. a tramp; swagman.
Origin:
1525–35, for an earlier lit. sense; bag + man 1
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bag·man   (bāg'mən)   
n.  

  1. Slang A person who collects money, as for racketeers.

  2. Chiefly British A traveling salesman.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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bagman [ˈbægmæn]

  1. n.
    a tramp. : Two old bagmen wandered slowly down the lane.
  2. n.
    a drug dealer. (Drugs.) : Sam was a bagman for a well-known dealer for a while.
  3. n.
    any racketeer. : Some bagman from the mob was pulled out of the river yesterday.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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