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workbag

American  
[wurk-bag] / ˈwɜrkˌbæg /

noun

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


workbag British  
/ ˈwɜːkˌbæɡ /

noun

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

"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

Etymology

Origin of workbag

First recorded in 1765–75; work + bag

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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

She sank at times to her knees, and on the road lost her rosary, her handkerchief, and her workbag with thread in it, and, panting, she reached the garden gate finally.

From On the Field of Glory An Historical Novel of the Time of King John Sobieski by Henryk Sienkiewicz

She began to fumble in the pretty workbag she carried.

From Up the Hill and Over by Isabel Ecclestone Mackay

The workbag, if you please, of the District Nurse, Mary Winship.

From Gloria and Treeless Street by Annie Hamilton Donnell

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