shopping bag

noun

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

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Snapchat influencer Caryn Marjorie arrives at the ABC News headquarters in New York City carrying a shopping bag from Apple. Nathan Rousseau Smith, ABC News, 31 May 2025 Spawned in 2007 with a limited selection of reusable shopping bags, the brand has grown to include a number of carry-all silhouettes and is quickly becoming a generational staple for young shoppers with an eye for bright colorways and functional design. Elizabeth Grace Coyne, Forbes.com, 27 May 2025 Soaring green mountains encircled the glittering, fjord-like inlet, and the bronzed and the beautiful streamed past our car clutching Dior and Bulgari shopping bags. Siobhan Reid, Travel + Leisure, 22 May 2025 Carrie, fresh from another retail therapy session, is lugging deep-plum Jimmy Choo shopping bags. Megan O'Sullivan, Vogue, 21 May 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 18 Jun. 2025.

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