sleeping bag

noun

: a bag that is warmly lined or padded for sleeping outdoors or in a camp or tent

Examples of sleeping bag in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Between taking orders for new sleeping bags financed by an online fundraiser, the Los Angeles Community Action Network organizer points out the security guards that dot the streets around him. Calmatters, The Mercury News, 16 Apr. 2024 On the chance that didn’t all fall into place Sunday afternoon, the group came prepared with tents and sleeping bags. Rebecca Ellis, Los Angeles Times, 15 Apr. 2024 Some watchers, like Brandon Beck, 43, flew in Sunday night from San Diego and spent the night in a sleeping bag on the tarmac next to his friend’s Mooney single-prop piston four-seater. John Bacon, USA TODAY, 8 Apr. 2024 For much of his life, the only bed that Koudelka would use was a sleeping bag. Nicholas Dawidoff, The New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2024 The cute camper comes with Mickey, Minnie, and Pluto figures, plus a fun camping setup with sleeping bags, a cooking set, s’mores roasting supplies, and a little campfire. Dorian Smith-Garcia, Parents, 4 Apr. 2024 Vernet has made arrangements for children who are orphans or whose parents are homeless to sleep in the church, providing them with sleeping bags. Fredlyn Pierre Louis, NBC News, 19 Mar. 2024 There are dedicated spaces for your sleeping bag, sleeping pad, hydration reservoir, and water bottles as well as two zippered hip belt pockets and a front pocket for easy access essentials. Jessica MacDonald, Travel + Leisure, 27 Feb. 2024 The parties could last several days and nights, with gamers crowded together among heavy computers and fast food boxes, crashing underneath their desks in sleeping bags and taking breaks to pull pranks on each other or watch movies. Steffi Cao, CNN, 14 Mar. 2024

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Word History

First Known Use

1850, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of sleeping bag was in 1850

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“Sleeping bag.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sleeping%20bag. Accessed 29 Apr. 2024.

Kids Definition

sleeping bag

noun
: a long fabric bag that is warmly lined for sleeping outdoors or in a camp or tent
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