feed bag

or feedbag

noun

Also called nose bag. a bag for feeding horses, placed before the mouth and fastened around the head with straps.

An Americanism dating back to 1830–40

put on the feed bag, Slang. to have a meal; eat:
When his friends put on the feed bag, they finish everything in sight.

That same year, the very first FEED bag—a handmade canvas tote with the number “1” printed on it—was created.

I wish we had tied a feed bag to her nosethen shed show some speed, laughed Julie.

It gets us in London just about in time to put on the feed bag.

Sidi Adjille answered, "I ask of you only one thing, that is, to fill with wheat the feed-bag of my mule."

And her mother declared such sewing was hardly good enough for a feed-bag.

This done, Mike drove to Mr. Pembroke's and hitched his horse at the gate, with its nose in a feed-bag.

April 24, 2024gallimaufry

[gal-uh-maw-free ]

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