THOMAS WHARTON

The association with a bag involves the hunting customs of the time. When small animals were killed or captured they would be put into a bag for transporting back. Hence the expression of someone “bagging” game. Politics was not a gentle activity amongst the “gentlemen” who then practiced it in England.

The association with a bag involves the hunting customs of the time. When small animals were killed or captured they would be put into a bag for transporting back. Hence the expression of someone “bagging” game. Politics was not a gentle activity amongst the “gentlemen” who then practiced it in England.