onion bag

English

Etymology

From the resemblance to the net bags in which onions are sold.

Noun

onion bag (plural onion bags)

1. (UK, soccer, slang) The goal net.
   • 2002, Fat Les (band), Who Invented Fish and Chips? (song)

     You ponce, you slag, pop it in the onion bag.

Derived terms

• bulge in the onion bag
• bulge the onion bag