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carrier bag

British  

noun

  1. a large paper or plastic bag for carrying shopping

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Laura Poole, 33, from Cardiff, squeezed her clothes into a gym bag which she wrapped in a carrier bag before dropping it off at her local Tesco Express InPost locker.

From BBC Mar. 3, 2026

Clean Our Patch Community Interest Company said volunteers found the items hidden in a pillowcase in a carrier bag near the former railway depot at Laira in Plymouth on Wednesday.

From BBC Aug. 31, 2024

The 54-year-old was last seen on the Castlereagh Road in east Belfast at around 16:30 BST and was wearing a green jacket, black tracksuit bottoms, and was carrying a red carrier bag.

From BBC Aug. 17, 2024

Six newborn cocker spaniel puppies were saved from being dumped in a carrier bag, police said.

From BBC Mar. 20, 2023

Two Durham police officers spotted a man swinging a carrier bag on the edge of a bank near Bishop Auckland.

From BBC Mar. 20, 2023

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