subs. phr. (old).—Provisions; food and drink: cf. BACK AND BELLY.
[(?). Old Ballad, ‘Robin Hood and Shepherd’ [NARES].
| ‘Arise, arise,’ said jolly Robin, | |
| ‘And now come let me see | |
| What’s in thy BAG AND BOTTLE, I say? | |
| Come tell it unto me’]. |
1671. EACHARD, Observations. An ill contriving rascal, that in his younger years should choose to lug the BAG AND THE BOTTLE a mile or two to school: and to bring home only a small bit of Greek or Latin most magisterially construed.
