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string bag

American  

noun

  1. an openwork bag made of string, especially one with handles.


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Their dyed hair, trainers and tattoos stood out sharply among prosecutors in high heels and bailiffs in protective vests; as did a young reporter with a Foucault paperback in her string bag.

From BBC Aug. 29, 2019

Prizes for the winners include an Invent the Summer t-shirt or draw string bag.

From Washington Times Jun. 26, 2019

Growing up in the summer in a fishing village in Spain, my mother would send me to market with a string bag, where the local women had open baskets of the catch of the day.

From New York Times Jul. 27, 2015

The only lead was a yellow string bag belonging to Dagmar, which a young farm worker fished out of a lake on a private estate.

From The Guardian Nov. 23, 2012

The string bag, soaked through, sagged and looked really pretty lame as powerful gifts went.

From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda

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