duffel bag
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3.1
- noun
- /ˈdʌfəl bæg/
:
bolsa de viaje
- She packed her clothes into a large duffel bag for the weekend trip.
- carrying her duffel bag
- a black duffel bag
- packing his duffel bag
I went home, I packed a duffel bag of my equipment.
- I went home, I packed a duffel bag of my equipment.
- This is the Free People Movement quilted duffel bag.
- Now I have no gun, no nothing except my duffel bag, right?
- And he even posed next to this giant duffel bag filled with cash, ostensibly.
- Everybody needs a good tote, a good duffel bag.
- When she came out she had our baby sister in one arm, a heavy duffel bag in the other and tears were streaming down her cheeks.
- Also, when I went, I was this close to getting a duffel bag for myself, but I was like, let me know.
- He then put the duffel bag up top, proceeded to tuck himself into bed on this flight, put the eye mask on, and look like it had been done professionally.
- And it was just when those duffel bags came, they were becoming popular.
- Not Dookie Saka has been crawling into that thing and just peeing in my duffel bag again and again and again.
- Not Dookie soccer has been crawling into that thing and just peeing in my duffel bag again and again and again.
- He rings the door and in walks this smoking hot blonde and like this tiny little skirt has a duffel bag.
Examples
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It was a big duffel bag.
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I went to the corner, where we kept the duffel bags we used to carry our books.
Fiction book (1993) -
It's in a duffle bag in the living room.
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But I think you accidentally put this in my duffel bag.
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Their personal gear went into one duffel bag, and their tools and weapons into another two.
Fiction book (1996) -
When she came out she had our baby sister in one arm, a heavy duffel bag in the other and tears were streaming down her cheeks.
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Elena was parked on the first-floor landing, her duffel bag at her feet.
Fiction book (1990) -
She's in sweats and a leotard, carrying a duffel bag over her shoulder.
Fiction book (1999) -
In the silence, he pulls out his old school duffel bag and throws in underpants, T-shirts, and jeans.
Fiction book (1996) -
Michel left Paris on a whim, stuffing his clothes and camera into a duffel bag, catching a standby.
Fiction book (1991)
Synonyms
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1.0
A flexible container for carrying personal things like books or clothes
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1.0
A large box with a handle for carrying clothes when you travel
230
1.0
Bags and suitcases that a person carries when traveling
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1.0
A bag with shoulder straps that you wear on your back to carry your things
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4.1
A large strong bag for carrying things like books or groceries
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4.4
A large soft bag used to carry clothes and gear when traveling
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2.7
A bag with straps you carry on your back to hold personal things
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2.8
A small bag for clothes and things you need for one night
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2.7
A bag with shoulder straps you carry on your back
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8.4
A small strong bag with one shoulder strap used to carry food or personal things
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9.9
A large travel bag made from carpet fabric used in the 1800s
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7.1
A long round bag with a drawstring used by sailors to carry clothes and personal items
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3.0
A strong bag soldiers use to carry clothes and gear
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1.3
A case for carrying clothes and personal items on a trip
A bag with shoulder straps that you wear on your back to hold things
How Big
Surface Forms
Morphology
The compound 'duffel bag' is directly compositional: 'duffel' names a type of sturdy cloth (or cloth bag) and 'bag' names a container, so the combined meaning—a large cloth travel bag—is directly derivable from the parts. This noun+noun compounding follows standard English patterns and would be understandable to a B1 learner who knows both constituent words.
Etymology
Duffel bag may come from the town of Duffel in Belgium, where a heavy cloth called duffel was made. Soldiers and travelers used large bags made from that cloth to carry clothes, so the name came to mean the big, sturdy travel 'bag' we use today.