schoolbag
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of schoolbag
Example Sentences
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She graduated from a Protestant high school and followed the school-leavers' tradition of proudly hoisting the Dutch flag on the roof of her home with her schoolbag slung over it.
From BBC • Dec. 6, 2021
“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
Nor did Marie think anything of it when, on a few occasions, she discovered Pip’s packed lunch uneaten in her schoolbag.
From The Guardian • Jun. 10, 2017
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
Then I ran upstairs and I grabbed my schoolbag and I put some food for Toby in it and some of my maths books and some clean pants and a vest and a clean shirt.
From "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time" by Mark Haddon
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