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by Sheriff Raff -Answerhag on August 9th, 2007

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Many times I hear the expression "left holding the bag". What exactly is inside of that "bag"?

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  • by MotherGoose on December 31st, 2008

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    After a bank robery, thieves were running down the street with the law on their tail...turning down an alley, one of the robbers handed a sack filled with the loot to a person walking in the opposite direction. That person was caught "HOLDING THE BAG".
    Possession, as they say, is.......

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