tote bag
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of tote bag
An Americanism dating back to 1895–1900
Example Sentences
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The caption: “The way I want to pack just one tote bag like Carolyn Bessette for a weekend away v. what I actually packed.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 7, 2026
The black leather tote bag she is often seen carrying has sold out and the pink pen she used at her first press conference has gone viral.
From BBC • Feb. 7, 2026
As an ambitious and miserable Yale philosophy professor, Julia Roberts paces Luca Guadagnino’s pretend-provocative noir “After the Hunt” in a prepster uniform of monogrammed tote bag and immaculate white slacks.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 9, 2025
Maybe, like all the best underdogs — your second-favorite tote bag, the backup perfume you suddenly can’t live without — it doesn’t need to be flashy to be indispensable.
From Salon • Aug. 12, 2025
He walked over to a closet, opened it, stuffed the money into a blue tote bag, and offered it to me.
From "Turtles All the Way Down" by John Green
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