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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.

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

Historical Examples of shopping bag

Helen declined the one offered her, and drew a book from her shopping-bag.
A Book of Bryn Mawr Stories
Marian T. MacIntosh
I had a clipping in my shopping-bag cut from the morning paper.
The Fifth Wheel
Olive Higgins Prouty
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
The visitor produced from her shopping-bag the written announcement of the Recreation Club play.
The Clarion
Samuel Hopkins Adams
She wore a "'pellent cloak" and rubber boots, and had a shopping-bag on her arm full of "choclid" cakes.
Little Folks Astray
Sophia May (Rebecca Sophia Clarke)