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shopping bag

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noun

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

Words nearby shopping bag

shoplifter, shoplifting, shoppe, shopper, shopping, shopping bag, shopping bag lady, shopping basket, shopping cart, shopping center, shopping centre

Origin of shopping bag

First recorded in 1925–30

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019

Examples from the Web for shopping bag

I had a clipping in my shopping-bag cut from the morning paper.
The Fifth Wheel|Olive Higgins Prouty
The visitor produced from her shopping-bag the written announcement of the Recreation Club play.
The Clarion|Samuel Hopkins Adams
I stood for a moment looking at the group and fingering the handle of my shopping-bag nervously.
At the Age of Eve|Kate Trimble Sharber
Helen declined the one offered her, and drew a book from her shopping-bag.
A Book of Bryn Mawr Stories|Marian T. MacIntosh

Octavia found her shopping-bag, and drew from it a long envelope filled with typewritten documents.
Whirligigs|O. Henry

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