hit-and-run bag
n.— «We remember Hawley informed Nazel that he wouldn’t be able to make the trip.…Dutch wired back: “If it’s the fare don’t worry about that. Pick up your hit-and-run bag and come COD.”» —“Mr. Nazel Pays His Respects” by A.L. Hardman Charleston Gazette (West Virginia) Apr. 4, 1952. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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