gamebag

American  

[gaym-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

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Example Sentences

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gamebag

"Out of that gamebag," answered Harry, deliberately, pointing to the well filled plump net which Timothy had just brought in and hung up on the pegs beside the box-coats.

From Warwick Woodlands Things as they Were There Twenty Years Ago by Henry William Herbert

When Shirley Roseleaf left the hotel that morning he carried a fishing rod, a rifle, a gamebag and other acoutrements of the sportsman.

From A Black Adonis by Linn Boyd Porter

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 Virginia Sharpe Patterson

Ottomar had risen and taken up his gamebag; he had held his gun between his knees all the time.

From The Breaking of the Storm, Vol. I. by Friedrich Spielhagen

I daresay, when the Cockney sportsman returned with an empty gamebag, he abused the stupid dog for running away.

From Stories of Animal Sagacity by Harrison Weir

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