book bag

American  

Or bookbag

noun

1. a bag or satchel used especially by a student for carrying books.

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Example Sentences

The last thing I bought there was actually a book bag for myself — as if I’m on campus all the time, right?

From Los Angeles Times

He packed a book bag full of snacks and left the house.

From Los Angeles Times

She has had to pay out for a new uniform, book bag and PE bag, which has been a struggle for her.

From BBC

Pencil tips whisper against paper all around me, a gentle contrast to the coarse rip of my book bag’s zipper, the obnoxious clacking of its buckles.

From Literature

A teenager with a book bag strapped to his back was walking alone on Lebaum Street when I pulled up beside him.

From Washington Post