shopping bag
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of shopping bag
First recorded in 1925–30
Example Sentences
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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
Roman was wrapped in a towel, inside a Sainsbury's shopping bag.
From BBC • May 15, 2025
For some, the AI experience has been a mixed shopping bag.
From BBC • Dec. 5, 2024
Kim Kardashian collaborated with Balenciaga and carried a brown paper Erewhon shopping bag designed by the questionable brand to an outdoor L.A. fashion show.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 24, 2024
I put it in my net shopping bag.
From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda
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