subs. (colloquial).—1. An avaricious person; a GREEDY-GUTS (q.v.).
1872. Sunday Times, 18 Aug. This gentleman, it is well known, has worked with indomitable energy on behalf of the millions, and has succeeded in wresting from the mean and contemptible GRAB-ALLS of that government which professes to study the people’s interest those portions of the Embankment which the public money has paid for.
2. (colloquial).—A bag to carry odds and ends, parcels, books, and so forth.
