lucky bag:
A bag containing sweets and a cheap toy or gift, as bought by children from sweetie shops. The point is, the purchaser doesn’t know exactly what is in the bag until it is opened, and the term is often used to disparage something the speaker doesn’t think much of:
“That’s some mobile phone you’ve got there; get it in a lucky bag, did ya?”
* I suppose the American term for this is Crackerjack box.
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a Brit different 
every time i listen to you talk, i want to put you in my pocket and carry you around with me all day.
you’re adorable. and i might possibly be the only one you’ll meet who actually knew how to pronounce your name BEFORE i met you. there was a siobhan on a soap opera years ago, called “ryan’s hope” !!!!
I hadn’t thought of Crackerjacks in years. I may have to use this in conversation very soon.
The CrackerJack box is the perfect comparison. Love it!
I could have EASILY gotten my cell phone from a lucky bag.
I love this one. It is fun to say lucky bag. 😉
There are whole epochs of my life that came to me from a lucky bag.
I love the comparison to a box of Crackerjack. We all totally “got it”, at least, I know, I did. Have a great day!
Can’t wait to share this new word with my kids. They will totally get it when I mention Cracker Jacks.
I am so ashamed to say that I would have totally butchered your name. I’m so glad you said it for us in this week’s installment 🙂
I used to love Cracker Jack boxes as a kid.
Is it no longer gonna be Wednesday but just sometime during the week? I saw lucky bag and thought MUCH worse before I realized the comparison. Shame on me.
BTW so glad to hear on Facebook that it wasn’t as bad as I was thinking…but still sucks you have to go through so many tests!!! Sorry!
I love to just listen to you say the word…But now I am going to force myself to learn the lilt of my ancestors! lol!
Crackerjacks . . . wow, that takes me back more years than I care to count!
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Merry Christmas!
I think I may try to get a few of these for Christmas :o) Could be fun!
Hope you’re doing ok.. and they’ve found the problems.. and are fixing them. Bryan, let us know if she’s ok!!
hugs,
Jean
She is doing awesome!
Luv ya sweetie
‘Fancy him?’. ‘Nahh, ah widnae huv him in a lucky bag’!
Siobhan! You mother-faker! This is the first time I’ve gotten to listen to your WotW because it never plays on my other computer. May I just say how nice and clear and slow your accent becomes when doing Word o the Week. It’s almost like my mum’s posh phone voice ;P
Love it.