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
He then picked up some crisps, and said he even held his shopping bag open to show he was not trying to hide anything.
From BBC • Nov. 8, 2024
Kim Kardashian collaborated with Balenciaga and carried a brown paper Erewhon shopping bag designed by the questionable brand to an outdoor L.A. fashion show.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 24, 2024
Some have accused Mr Thaksin of pushing for Mr Srettha's cabinet appointment of a lawyer who was convicted in 2008 of trying to bribe a supreme court judge with a shopping bag full of cash.
From BBC • Aug. 16, 2024
He dropped the shopping bag, not caring what broke.
From "Bone Gap" by Laura Ruby
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