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
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
“She didn’t do a thing to your dog, John Harvey Dawson. Why are you completely awful?” asked Harriet, her fist clenched around her shopping bag.
From "Caterpillar Summer" by Gillian McDunn
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