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nunny-bag [< Brit. dial. noony dinner + bag] Nfld

• n. a kind of haversack, often made of sealskin.

  See also: nonny-bag  

  • 1842  Having determined to return, we hung up in the tilt a "nunny bag" full of bread.
  • 1961  He clawed through his nunny-bag till he found a bit of oatmeal. . . .