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sponge bag

noun

, British.
  1. a small, usually waterproof, case for carrying toilet articles.


sponge bag

noun

  1. a small bag made of plastic, etc, that holds toilet articles, used esp when travelling
“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 sponge bag1

First recorded in 1855–60
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Example Sentences

Our old friend, India-rubber, appears again as the best material of which the sponge-bag can be made.

The three husbands have photographs of wife and children; Colonel Rhodes, the bachelor, a sponge-bag and pin-cushion.

Pamela aimed a sponge-bag at him, which he dodged, and Elizabeth Bremerton sat down.

His boots clung to his feet by the uppers only and were held together by fragments of a sponge-bag.

Wouldn't another envelope arrangement of chintz lined with rubber cloth make a good washrag bag or sponge bag?

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