string bag
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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Nhamo saw Crocodile Guts packing a string bag: He put in a pipe, fishing lines, and a reed flute she remembered him playing as he waited for fish to blunder into his net.
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He had a string bag hefted over his shoulder.
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The string bag, soaked through, sagged and looked really pretty lame as powerful gifts went.
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The gas valve at the top of the globe gets frozen stuck, making descent impossible, so she clambers up the rigging and grabs the rope netting that envelops the balloon like a string bag around a pumpkin.
From The New Yorker
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
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