fanny pack
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2.8
- noun
- /ˈfæn.i pæk/
- US
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riñonera
- During the hike, I kept my snacks and water bottle in my fanny pack for easy access.
- wearing a fanny pack
- fanny pack around my waist
- carry a fanny pack
So I like when I took off my Fanny pack, I put my Fanny pack, my shoes and my sunglasses into the bin to go through.
- So I like when I took off my Fanny pack, I put my Fanny pack, my shoes and my sunglasses into the bin to go through.
Examples
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I wore a legit lifeguard suit with a fanny pack, sunglasses, and shorts.
Blog text (25) -
It's in my fanny pack, in the glove compartment.
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I will leave the fanny pack behind.
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You mean like your fanny pack?
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This is her fanny pack?
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All I can come up with is a fanny pack.
Fiction book (1994) -
Just put the thing in your fanny pack and live free.
Blog text (9) -
You think that guy with a fanny pack is a tourist?
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Why don't you wear a fanny pack.
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Early on, a friend instructed me that the incident would never have happened if I had been wearing a fanny pack instead of lugging a tote bag.
Academic text (1998)
Synonyms
72
2.1
A small soft bag for holding things like coins or herbs
28
2.5
A small bag with a strap that you wear over your shoulder to carry books or personal things
1
2.3
A small bag with a zipper worn around the waist to carry items
A small bag you wear around your waist to carry personal items
A small bag worn at the back of the waist to carry personal items
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Morphology
The meaning is directly derivable from 'fanny' (the buttocks/hip area) + 'pack' (a small pouch or bag): a pouch worn at the waist/hip. This composition matches cross-linguistic and English equivalents (waist bag, bum bag), so learners who know both constituents can infer the MWE despite regional label variation.
Etymology
Fanny pack comes from the simple idea of a small pack worn on the fanny, the 'butt' or lower back area. People used it to carry keys and a phone at their waist, so the name came to mean 'a small pouch worn around the waist'.