bagging n.4
1. (Aus.) a scolding, a reprimand.
You Wouldn’t Be Dead for Quids (1989) 159: Not to mention the frightful bagging Billy Dunne had given him when he called round for a drink. | ||
Reed Dict. of N.Z. Sl. | ||
Chopper 4 225: The former Victorian State Coroner [...] has given the Victoria Police a bit of a bagging over the police shootings. |
2. teasing.
Davo’s Little Something 25: Despite the bagging he’d been getting all afternoon [...] Davo was in a pretty good mood. | ||
Fatty 228: ‘It was one of the great bagging sessions’. |