workbag

American  

[wurk-bag] / ˈwɜrkˌbæg /

noun

1. a bag for holding implements and materials for work, especially needlework.

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workbag British  

/ ˈwɜːkˌbæɡ /

noun

1. Also called: work basket.   workbox.  a container for implements, tools, or materials, esp sewing equipment

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Etymology

Origin of workbag

First recorded in 1765–75; work + bag

Example Sentences

From her workbag, she pulled a pair of blackened tailor’s shears weighing close to five pounds and as long as a forearm.

From New York Times • Feb. 15, 2018

She then handed over her workbag and her purse, containing her wallet, cash, credit cards, driver’s license, and keys to her Civic and her home.

From Washington Post • Dec. 4, 2016

Claude ran after them with Enid's flowered workbag and thrust them into it as he came upon one after another, fluttering in the weeds.

From One of Ours by Cather, Willa Sibert

He hastily brought chairs, and placed them near Mrs. Hepburn, who seized her spectacles, which were on a silk workbag beside her, scanned us through them, and exclaimed, "Ah ha! what is this?"

From The Morgesons by Stoddard, Elizabeth

One day when her mother had given her some plums she observed that Sarah did not eat them, but put them all into her little workbag to carry them to school.

From No and Other Stories Compiled by Uncle Humphrey by Various