shopping bag
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of shopping bag
First recorded in 1925–30
Example Sentences
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She is believed to have been less than an hour old when she was discovered in a shopping bag on a bleak pathway near a busy east London road on January 18, 2024.
From Barron's ● Jan. 14, 2026
If you filled your virtual shopping bag with goods and services at a cost of £100 a year ago, the same selection will now cost £103.20.
From BBC ● Dec. 17, 2025
Before you know it, you’re handing over your credit card and receiving an immaculately packaged shopping bag — a feat no e-tailer could ever compete with.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 10, 2025
A bride-to-be thought she's lost her engagement ring while manning the tills at work - only to have it returned days later by a customer who found it at the bottom of their shopping bag.
From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2024
“I saw this dress,” Madeline would say, handing Mia a tissue-lined shopping bag with a flowered maternity dress inside it.
From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng
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