body bag
noun
: a large zippered bag (as of rubber or vinyl) in which a human corpse is placed especially for transportation
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At the funeral home in Texas, Jesse’s body was embalmed, his body bag bearing the official tag from the Medical Examiner’s Office was incinerated, and the mortuary placed a new name tag on Jesse’s ankle.
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Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Apr. 2026
The center of gravity of Wichí weaving is the yica—a word borrowed from Quechua, or hilú in Wichí—a roughly ten-by-ten-inch cross-body bag, an extension of the self that carries objects in close contact with the body.
—María Carri, Artforum, 16 Apr. 2026
The information surrounding the body bag was reportedly a surprise to crime lab officials, agency spokesperson Rick Green said.
—Julia Bonavita, FOXNews.com, 7 Apr. 2026
Ashcraft tapped out before being ordered to dig a grave, get inside a body bag, and consider his eulogy as instructors piled dirt on top of him.
—Charles Bethea, New Yorker, 30 Mar. 2026
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Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Apr. 2026
The center of gravity of Wichí weaving is the yica—a word borrowed from Quechua, or hilú in Wichí—a roughly ten-by-ten-inch cross-body bag, an extension of the self that carries objects in close contact with the body.
—María Carri, Artforum, 16 Apr. 2026
The information surrounding the body bag was reportedly a surprise to crime lab officials, agency spokesperson Rick Green said.
—Julia Bonavita, FOXNews.com, 7 Apr. 2026
Ashcraft tapped out before being ordered to dig a grave, get inside a body bag, and consider his eulogy as instructors piled dirt on top of him.
—Charles Bethea, New Yorker, 30 Mar. 2026
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“Body bag.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/body%20bag. Accessed 22 Apr. 2026.
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