schoolbag
Americannoun
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schoolbags
plural
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Origin of schoolbag
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“It is what it is,” she says, now 7 months pregnant and soon to put a baby on her back instead of a schoolbag.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 14, 2020
She swung her schoolbag as if she were about to hit me on the head with it, but changed her mind and ran off toward her entrance.
From The New Yorker ● Oct. 7, 2013
Newspapers have been full of alarmist reports that this year it's more costly than ever to fill a schoolbag with the required items a child needs for the coming year.
From BBC ● Aug. 30, 2013
I was defined by the band names on my schoolbag.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 30, 2013
On the back of each boy and girl was slung a schoolbag; and each frail, milky-white arm had a wristwatch on it.
From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane
Stationery, as well as a school blazer, two schoolbags and two pairs of shoes set her back another £313.
From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2023
The Lagos Dog Carnival, now in its third year, attracted many different breeds, wearing school uniforms in colourful fabrics, as well as sunglasses and with schoolbags strapped on their backs.
From Reuters ● Dec. 13, 2021
Her older children, slender under their schoolbags, climb onto their father’s motorbike and disappear into Juba’s streets to attend school — where the fees for attendance have risen.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2021
Her elder children, slender under their schoolbags, climb onto their father’s motorbike and disappear into the Juba streets to attend school — where the fees for attendance have risen.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 21, 2021
“But maybe they’re right about the housekeeper,” I admitted as we slung our schoolbags over our shoulders.
From "Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution" by Ji-li Jiang
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