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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

"When we left the hospital, we were given my dad's stuff in a Tesco carrier bag," she said.

From BBC Jul. 18, 2023

Ms Marsh-Rees, who leads Covid-19 Bereaved Families for Justice Cymru, said he was "zipped away", and his belongings put in a Tesco carrier bag.

From BBC Jul. 18, 2023

A terminally ill mother says she was "horrified" after she was handed her baby's remains in a supermarket carrier bag by NHS officials.

From BBC Mar. 23, 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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