lucky bag

English

Noun

lucky bag (plural lucky bags)

1. A receptacle for lost property on board a ship.
2. A bag filled with miscellaneous toys and goodies for children, sold at a fete or fair.
   • 1930, Norman Lindsay, Redheap, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1965, →OCLC, page 206:

     `You're like one of the lucky bags the children stare at through shop windows and wonder what's in them.'