shopping bag

noun

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

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Other items: Rouses, Winn-Dixie and Target have bins at the front of stores to recycle plastic shopping bags. Carlie Kollath Wells, Axios, 18 Feb. 2025 Reimagining the Louis Vuitton shopping bag as a versatile carryall, the design transforms an everyday item into a luxury piece using premium cowhide leather. Essence, 31 Jan. 2025 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 See All Example Sentences for shopping bag

Word History

First Known Use

1849, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
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 27 Mar. 2025.

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