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string bag

American  

noun

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


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.

From Literature

He had a string bag hefted over his shoulder.

From Literature

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

From Literature

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