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The term bagman (or bag man) has different meanings in different countries. One group of definitions centers on the idea of traveling. In British usage, "bagman" is a term for a traveling salesman, first known from 1808. [1] In Australian usage, it can mean a tramp or homeless man. [2] [3] However, many other definitions center around money.
Bagman, a biochip containing the personality of a fallen comrade in the 2000AD comic Rogue Trooper; Bagman, a 2010 film about Jack Abramoff; The Amazing/Bombastic Bag-Man, an alias of Peter Parker in the Marvel Comics; Sack Man or Bag Man, a bogeyman-figure; Ludo Bagman, a character in J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter series; The Bag Man, a 2014 film
Bagman is a 2024 American supernatural horror film directed by Colm McCarthy and written by John Hulme. It stars Sam Claflin, Steven Cree, Frankie Corio, William Hope, and Antonia Thomas. [2] The film was released on September 27, 2024, by Lionsgate Films. [3] [4]
Variants of this figure appear all over the world, particularly in Latin countries, such as Spain, Portugal, Italy (where he is known as the vecchio col sacco ("the old man with the sack"), and the countries of Latin America, where it is referred to as el Hombre del costal, el hombre del saco, or in Portuguese, o homem do saco (all of which mean "the sack/bag man"), and Eastern Europe.
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Soviet poster "Meshochnik is an enemy of transport, enemy of the republic", 1920. Bag people (Russian: мешочники, meshochniks, or "people with bags") is a term in Russian and other Slavic languages that refers to people, who trade for personal use or for profit, recognizable by their large sacks.
The Bagman Camps Again aired in July 1945 [12] and was performed again in April 1954. [13]Reviewing the latter, Geoffrey Thomas of ABC Weekly said "of these four tales the best were of the outback postman and the letter that would not be delivered to the wrong address, and of the stone man standing upright on the bottom of the sea.
The term "bagman" is an old one and has a strong tradition outside of the USA and usually refers to someone with a legitimate function. In Canadian politics, it generally refers to a party fundraiser, and despite what one might think of politicians and their staff, what those bagmen do is quite legal; in Britain it's a traditional term for a ...