bag-carrier

bag-carrier
a) An person who carries someones bags

Ryanair bag-carrier Peter Sherrard ranted Diary entry edited by Sophie Brodie

b) A relatively unimportant assistant or spokesman of a more important person

(U.K Prime Minister) Gordon Browns former bag-carrier Neal Lawson is in a state of ecstacy


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