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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

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 Bower, B. M.

St. is frightfully upset because her betrothed gave her the vanity bag for a birthday present and his photo was in it.

From A Young Girl's Diary by Paul, Eden

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 Leverson, Ada

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 Paul, Eden

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