shopping bag

noun

1. a strong, usually paper or plastic, bag with handles, used to carry purchases or belongings.

Word History and Origins

Origin of shopping bag¹

First recorded in 1925–30

Example Sentences

The body of her baby girl Victoria was found decomposing in a shopping bag in Brighton in 2023.

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They will be sentenced on 15 September - more than two years after Victoria's decomposed body was discovered in a shopping bag in Brighton.

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It comes more than two years after the decomposed body of their baby, Victoria, had been discovered in a shopping bag in Brighton.

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They were found on 27 February 2023 and the newborn was discovered dead two days later in a shopping bag in an allotment shed in the Hollingbury area of Brighton.

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They are also emptying overflowing bins and removing large items left behind, such as camping chairs, inflatable mattresses, slippers, flip-flops and shopping bags.

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