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string bag

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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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