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sleeping bag

noun

  1. a warmly lined or padded body-length bag, usually waterproof and with a closure, in which one or two persons can sleep, especially outdoors, as when camping.


sleeping bag

noun

  1. a large well-padded bag designed for sleeping in, esp outdoors
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of sleeping bag1

First recorded in 1815–25
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Example Sentences

Layer upEspecially in winter, the outdoors is all about layers—that also goes for when you’re inside your sleeping bag.

I’d only packed a 20-degree sleeping bag but was able to sleep soundly in it wearing nothing but my base layers and this sweater.

My husband stole them from me almost immediately, and wears them around the house every day, but I plan on stealing them back to wear inside my sleeping bag for snow camping.

In a therapist’s office in the District sits a sleeping bag.

In smaller jackets, the weight difference from 1,000 fill to 850 might be minimal, though the difference could be larger in products like sleeping bags, which use tens of thousands of cubic inches of down.

A minimum group of ten is required, so grab some friends, pack a sleeping bag and get your wildlife on.

The boy had only his dirty clothes, a sleeping bag, and heavy field glasses that hung from his neck.

Those truly enamored with cave life can stay overnight as part of a group, though they need to bring their own sleeping bag.

You just take a sleeping bag and food; most of the huts have heat and light.

The nearby Sears store delivered a sleeping bag, Coleman stove, and all sorts of camping gear for the modern outdoorsman.

Then he slipped back into his sleeping-bag, and all became quiet, except for the snow beating against the tent.

On several nights I noticed that he sat up in his sleeping-bag for hours puffing away at a pipe or reading.

The tent was too small either to lie down during the operation or to sit up comfortably on a sleeping-bag.

He spent the rest of the day in the darkness of his sleeping-bag and had his eyes bandaged all next day.

While in the sleeping-bag I tried to think out some rapid way of discovering what was wrong with the engine.

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