Bag (clothes)

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Pants pockets on a pair of jeans

A bag is sewn into a piece of clothing or a small bag sewn onto something , for carrying small objects or for inserting a cloth for decoration.

The term bag with regard to the containers on or in the clothing is a term naturalized from North German. In the Swabian-Alemannic language areas we speak of Seckel or purse (a small bag). The term is widespread in modifications (Säckchesack, Säckchedasch) as far as the southern Hessian part of the Franconian language region. Clothes bags only existed in Europe from the 16th century , before that, belly or belt pockets were used to store smaller everyday objects.

Types of bags

A distinction is made between

  • patch pocket
  • sewn-on pocket
  • incised pocket

Depending on the use in different items of clothing, one speaks of

Idioms

There are numerous idioms related to the bag of clothing:

  • ... fill your own pockets / do business ... = enrich yourself illegally
  • ... have your hand on your pocket ... = reluctant to part with your money
  • ... lying on someone's pocket ... = being financially supported by someone
  • ... to pull the money out of someone's pocket ... = to take advantage of or exempt someone
  • ... have to dig deep into their pockets ... = have to pay dearly for something
  • ... to put someone in your pocket ... = to be superior to someone

See also

Terms also derived from the bag in clothing are:

Web links

Wiktionary: pocket  - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://germazope.uni-trier.de/Projects/WBB/woerterbuecher/pfwb/selectarticle?lemid=PS00080
  2. ↑ Knaur: The German Dictionary . Lexographic Institute Munich, 1985, p. 944 .