goon bag
The wine bladder inside a cask.
Definitions
The foil bladder of cheap cask wine, sometimes inflated and used as a pillow ('goon of fortune').
goon bag In A Sentence
Origin & Usage
'Goon' (cheap wine) plus 'bag'.
People Also Ask
What is a goon bag?
A goon bag is the foil bladder of cheap cask wine, removed from its box — an icon of Aussie budget drinking.
What does goon mean in Australia?
'Goon' is Australian slang for cheap cask (boxed) wine; the 'bag' is the silver bladder that holds it.
What is goon of fortune?
It's a drinking game where an emptied-and-refilled goon bag is pegged to a rotating clothesline; whoever it stops at has to drink.
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