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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

Isn't it possible to find out who took the vanity bag?

From A Young Girl's Diary by Eden Paul

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

One thing after another goes missing in our class, first it was Fleischer's galoshes, then my new gloves, three times money was missing, and today Fraulein Steiner's new vanity bag.

From A Young Girl's Diary by Eden Paul

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