# bag people

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. Small-scale peddlers or traders operating in the wake of economic and political collapse, often having been displaced from the cities into the countryside.

## Etymology
Calque of Russian мешочники (mešočniki), from the large sacks they often carried.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/bag-people