shopping bag

noun

: a bag (as of strong paper) that has handles and is intended for carrying purchases

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The Store icon is the orange one with a little shopping bag. Brad Bourque, WIRED, 22 Feb. 2025 Flip-up covers on the front and rear boxes open up a pair of rather meek storage areas for carrying your shopping bags around, and the rear cover makes a small concession to comfort, revealing a half-inch thick seat pad when it's fully flipped open. New Atlas, 11 Jan. 2025 Richards was spotted leaving the luxury ski boutique, founded in 1962, with a large shopping bag. Marissa Muller, WWD, 29 Dec. 2024 Walking around malls, going to and from your car, taking stairs instead of escalators, and carrying shopping bags all add up to more calorie burn. Gord Magill, Newsweek, 22 Dec. 2024 See All Example Sentences for shopping bag

Word History

First Known Use

1849, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of shopping bag was in 1849

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“Shopping bag.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shopping%20bag. Accessed 28 Feb. 2025.

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