: a small bag often with a shoulder strap
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The first rider, on horseback, left the historic riverfront neighborhood of Old Sacramento, California last week with 1,000 pieces of mail inside a leather satchel.
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Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 19 June 2025
An uneasiness rippled through the crowd as the chaperones approached with satchels of quarters.
—Andrew Kay, Harpers Magazine, 28 May 2025
In the episode’s final brilliant twist, Guy opens the satchel and discovers it’s filled with hotel-breakfast coupons, which Charlie collects on her travels.
—Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 12 June 2025
But that didn't perturb Nielsen, of San Antonio, Texas, who saw it as a challenge to revive the satchel.
—Alyce Collins, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 May 2025
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Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 19 June 2025
An uneasiness rippled through the crowd as the chaperones approached with satchels of quarters.
—Andrew Kay, Harpers Magazine, 28 May 2025
In the episode’s final brilliant twist, Guy opens the satchel and discovers it’s filled with hotel-breakfast coupons, which Charlie collects on her travels.
—Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 12 June 2025
But that didn't perturb Nielsen, of San Antonio, Texas, who saw it as a challenge to revive the satchel.
—Alyce Collins, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for satchel
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“Satchel.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/satchel. Accessed 6 Jul. 2025.
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satchel
noun
satch·el
ˈsach-əl 
: a small bag often with a shoulder strap
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