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What does bag people mean?
Small-scale peddlers or traders operating in the wake of economic and political collapse, often having been displaced from the cities into the countryside.
Where does bag people come from?
Calque of Russian мешочники (mešočniki), from the large sacks they often carried.

How to pronounce bag people

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