duffel bag

noun

: a soft oblong bag for personal belongings

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For example, this carry-on-sized duffel bag, from Millie Bobby Brown’s collaboration with luggage brand Delsey Paris, has certain colors marked down to just $41 right now. Amelia McBride, Travel + Leisure, 23 Aug. 2025 Surveillance footage revealed that the victim, Aguirre, was inside the bar drinking when the suspect, Dain Graham, walked in through the back door carrying a rifle inside a duffel bag, a homicide detective wrote in the affidavit. Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 Aug. 2025 Police headed to Berkowitz’s Yonkers apartment and spotted a duffel bag in Berkowitz's car with a rifle sticking out and an envelope addressed to Suffolk County police — all matching the killer’s handwriting. Chris Harris, People.com, 4 Aug. 2025 Comprising a new rendition of the brand’s signature carry-on, alongside a weekender, duffel bags and laptop case, the collection bows exclusively at the London department store before a later rollout in the U.S. at Just One Eye in Los Angeles, Nordstrom and A’maree’s in Newport Beach, Calif. Martino Carrera, Footwear News, 31 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for duffel bag

Word History

First Known Use

1917, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of duffel bag was in 1917

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“Duffel bag.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/duffel%20bag. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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duffel bag

noun
: a soft oblong bag for personal belongings

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