Definition of body bag
: a large zippered bag (as of rubber or vinyl) in which a human corpse is placed especially for transportation
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Dries Van Noten’s dudes with the snakeskin cross body bags...
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Tote bags, zip pouches and cross-body bags (as well as wallets and card holders) have long been part of Esquivel's private bespoke business, but the brand is now widening distribution of utilitarian totes and pouches.
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In the courtyard of the hospital, one family arrived to find three members among the dead: an older woman in a pink traditional Hazara dress; a young man named Sajad, already in a body bag; and a boy of about 4 or 5.
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The Studio Bag can worn three ways: as a cross-body bag, satchel or backpack.
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Ahead of the birth of daughter Jagger Snow, 2, Evan Ross gifted wife Ashlee Simpson Ross with a limited-edition Chanel Graffiti Messenger 2015 green cross-body bag while Princess Kate got a teddy bear from Prince William.
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The provocative group made their live U.S. debut in December with a show in Los Angeles that included member Nadya Tolokonnikova and three other members entering the stage wearing body bags.
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To seal the deal that time, the hoax included a CNN chyron and a photo of a body bag being wheeled out of a home in Los Angeles County.
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This year is an election year, and the Kremlin can ill afford large numbers of its young conscripts returning in body bags.
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First Known Use of body bag
1917
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Definition of body bag for English Language Learners
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: a large bag that a dead person's body is put in to be carried or moved to another place
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medical Definition of body bag
: a large zippered bag (as of rubber or vinyl) in which a human corpse is placed especially for transportation
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