gamebag

American  

[geym-bag] / ˈgeɪmˌbæg /

noun

1. a bag, usually of leather or canvas, for carrying game, especially birds, killed by a hunter.

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Etymology

Origin of gamebag

First recorded in 1820–30; game ¹ + bag

Example Sentences

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gamebag

Here and there are books, reviews, a little work- basket in the shape of a gamebag, with silk tassels, a bunch of violets in a glass vase, and green plants in the jardinieres.

From Fromont and Risler — Volume 1 by Daudet, Alphonse

Here and there are books, reviews, a little work-basket in the shape of a gamebag, with silk tassels, a bunch of violets in a glass vase, and green plants in the jardinieres.

From Fromont and Risler — Complete by Daudet, Alphonse

His re-appearance so early, unexpected; his empty gamebag; the coon-dog carried under his arm; all have their effect upon Phoebe.

From The Death Shot A Story Retold by Reid, Mayne

Genevieve had packed an ample lunch in a gamebag, along with her husband’s linked steel-wire surveyor’s chain.

From Out of the Depths A Romance of Reclamation by Brehm, George

Picking me up he ran toward his father, who was coming back from the neighboring swamp with his loaded gamebag.

From Dickey Downy The Autobiography of a Bird by Patterson, Virginia Sharpe