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satchel

[ sach-uhl ]

noun

  1. a small bag, sometimes with a shoulder strap.


satchel

/ ˈsætʃəl /

noun

  1. a rectangular bag, usually made of leather or cloth and provided with a shoulder strap, used for carrying books, esp school books
“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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Derived Forms

  • ˈsatchelled, adjective
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Other Words From

  • satcheled adjective
  • un·satcheled adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of satchel1

1300–50; Middle English sachel < Old French < Latin saccellus, double diminutive of saccus sack 1; -elle
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Word History and Origins

Origin of satchel1

C14: from Old French sachel a little bag, from Late Latin saccellus, from Latin saccus sack 1
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Example Sentences

A video with one skilled tester showed him drinking a glass of wine, petting a cat, eating potato chips, and unzipping a satchel.

They carried with them only their clothes and a satchel full of early George drawings.

It’s likely that, at some point, you’ll end up getting a really heavy, stiff skin that’ll turn the beautiful satchel you had in mind into an unusable, over-designed leather box.

Dostum himself summoned a doctor, who arrived carrying a satchel with a large saw on top that was used for amputating limbs.

I am carrying a well-worn satchel fashioned out of a recycled plastic tarp.

But as Triplett pointed out everyone in baseball knew Satchel Paige and Paige was one heck of a business man.

Doby was not as bubbly a personality as Satchel and was more matter of fact in personality than Jackie.

Judge Wilk would ultimately grant Mia custody of Satchel and Dylan.

In this satchel carry also some crackers, or sandwiches, if you will be long enough upon the road to need a luncheon.

Eloise was puzzled, but the sight of Mrs. Biggs tugging at her wet satchel to open it diverted her mind.

He was holding a small leather satchel, the mouth of the bag wide open.

The hole in my cell during the progress of the work was kept covered with a large hand-satchel containing my change of clothing.

If the boy had wealthy parents, he might have, besides, one or more slaves (pedisequ) to carry his satchel and tablets.

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