shopping bag
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of shopping bag
First recorded in 1925–30
Example Sentences
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Under a piece of wood by the stump was a yellow sack containing a white Spencer’s shopping bag.
From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026
He is wearing dark clothes, gloves and has the bottom half of his face covered and is carrying a green shopping bag.
From BBC ● Mar. 23, 2026
He was wearing an L.A. ballcap and carrying a shopping bag containing hundreds of whistles.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 5, 2026
She is believed to have been less than an hour old when she was discovered in a shopping bag on a bleak pathway near a busy east London road on January 18, 2024.
From Barron's ● Jan. 14, 2026
One officer took her shopping bag, the other picked up her purse, and they escorted her off the bus and into a patrol car.
From "Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice" by Phillip Hoose
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