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schwegmann's bag
What does schwegmann's bag mean?
A NOLA unit of rough volume — about three cubic feet, or 'whatever fit in one of those huge Schwegmann's grocery sacks.' Used for everything from crawfish to laundry. Pure local shorthand; nobody outside the city has any idea what you mean.
"I came home with a Schwegmann's bag full of mirlitons from Miss Edna's yard."
Origin
Schwegmann Giant Super Markets, a New Orleans grocery chain that ran from 1869 until the late '90s, famously bagged everything in outsized paper sacks. Even after the chain died, the bag stuck around as a casual unit of measure.
Frequently asked questions
What does Schwegmann's bag mean?
It's an informal unit of volume — roughly what fit in the giant paper sacks from the old Schwegmann's grocery chain.
How do you use Schwegmann's bag in a sentence?
"We picked a whole Schwegmann's bag of pecans off the yard."
Where does Schwegmann's bag come from?
It comes from Schwegmann's, a New Orleans-area grocery chain known for its oversized paper shopping sacks.
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