Boston bag

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noun

a two-handled bag for carrying books, papers, etc.

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Origin of Boston bag

An Americanism dating back to 1920–25

Words nearby Boston bag

boss screen, Bossuet, bossy, bosthoon, Boston, Boston bag, Boston baked beans, Boston bluefish, Boston brown bread, Boston crab, Boston cream pie

How to use Boston bag in a sentence

Antoine himself had recently been arrested on a six-year-old warrant for a dime bag of weed.
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Elle magazine shot an editorial in September, one picture revealing a teacup pig sitting pretty by a mini Tyler Alexandra bag.
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A tense commute to work in Houston will start to resemble a tense commute in Boston or New York City.
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A year before he had similarly arrived with news of the Boston Tea Party.
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Edgar was invited to study at the Berkeley School of Music in Boston and at NYU in New York City.
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Some weeks after, the creditor chanced to be in Boston, and in walking up Tremont street, encountered his enterprising friend.
The Book of Anecdotes and Budget of Fun;|Various
Thus far Boston banks have received more benefits from this bank than have the other banks in this district.
Readings in Money and Banking|Chester Arthur Phillips
Drone: the largest tube of a bag-pipe, giving forth a dull heavy tone.
Gulliver's Travels|Jonathan Swift
I shall only be away for six months; you know I have made up my mind to get rid of the whole bag of tricks.
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John Collins Warren, a distinguished Boston physician, died, aged 77.
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