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flight bag

American  

noun

  1. a lightweight shoulder bag designed for carrying sundries aboard an aircraft.


Etymology

Origin of flight bag

First recorded in 1940–45

Example Sentences

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Cohen instead wandered down to the basement and, in a closet filled with crumpled newspapers, unearthed Glenn’s flight bag along with his personalized Senate attache case.

From Washington Post Jul. 30, 2018

Alaska Airlines received F.A.A. approval in May to permit its pilots to consult digital flight, systems and performance manuals on the iPad — cutting about 25 pounds of paper from each flight bag.

From New York Times Jul. 4, 2011

The Federal Aviation Administration has authorized a handful of commercial and charter carriers to use the tablet computer as a so-called electronic flight bag.

From New York Times Jul. 4, 2011

THE two airliner passengers walked hurriedly toward the pilot's cabin, one of them carrying a plastic flight bag.

From Time Magazine Archive

But apart from my flight bag, all my British pilot’s gear had to be destroyed, helmet and parachute and all.

From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein

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