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vanity bag

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noun

  1. a woman's small bag or hand case used to carry cosmetics, etc

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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“I’d get in the shiny white Cadillac with my matching vanity bag and luggage.”

From "One Crazy Summer" by Rita Williams-Garcia

There had been some mistake in the parcels, I believe, and Miss Mooney—you know, the actress, Myra Mooney—received a safety razor, and Lord Rye a vanity bag.

From Tenterhooks by Ada Leverson

She pretended to chalk her cue with a tiny powder puff which she took from a ridiculous vanity bag that swung from her belt.

From The Lookout Man by B. M. Bower

Hilliard paused dramatically, like a conjurer who has just drawn a rabbit from a lady's vanity bag.

From The Pit Prop Syndicate by Freeman Wills Crofts

She dives into her vanity bag and proceeds to retouch the scenic effects on her face.

From Torchy, Private Sec. by F. Foster Lincoln

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