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bag drag
 n.— «As the son of an international airline captain and a pilot in the Marine Corps for 22 years, I have spent a lot of time in the back—and front—of aircraft.…On a recent ski trip to Utah, I did not enjoy doing the “bag drag” to a security checkpoint after standing in line at the main ticket counter.» —“If he has to fly, he’ll skip the trip” by Richard A. Bowen in Foothill Ranch, Calif. Los Angeles Times Apr. 6, 2003. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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