Green’s Dictionary of Slang

to claim.

1944		L. Glassop We Were the Rats 198: I bags first.
1946		(con. 1912) B. Marshall George Brown’s Schooldays 89: But I bagsed.
1950		A. Buckeridge Jennings Goes To School 193: The spider was the legal property of Darbishire as he had bagsed it.
1965		R. Stow Merry-Go-Round in the Sea 76: ‘I bags going in the transport,’ he shouted.
1981		Weekend Australian Mag. 7-8 Mar. 4: Someone must tell him the only thing wrong with Gunston’s Australia is Gunston. Bags you do it.
2000		M. Manning Get Your Cock Out 93: Gerry Enchilada had bagsied the jacksie and was thrusting hard up the kid’s chufter chute.
2003		Sydnet Morn. Herald Good Weekend 15 Mar. 13/2: In our house, whoever got a chair first could keep it for the whole night provided they said ‘I bags this’ if they went to the toilet or answered the door.
2013		Guardian On Line 9 Aug. 🌐 Could i bagsie the follow-up piece on how to manage your vagina?