Words & TermsWar, service and history
chat-bags
Underclothes, in First World War Australian soldiers' slang.
In a sentence
In this historical or contextual use, “chat-bags” means underclothes, in First World War Australian soldiers' slang.
Where it came from
AWM directly defines chat-bags = underclothes in the Gallipoli slang glossary.
- Initial era
- 1900–1949
- Where used
- Australian military usage; historical