carrier bag

Brit a large paper or plastic bag for carrying shopping

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Noun

carrier bag - a bag made of paper or plastic for holding customer's purchases

paper bag, sack, poke

bag - a flexible container with a single opening; "he stuffed his laundry into a large bag"

doggie bag, doggy bag - a bag for food that a customer did not eat at a restaurant; the transparent pretense is that the food is taken home to feed the customer's dog

grocery bag - a sack for holding customer's groceries

Translations

كِيْس

taška

bærepose

muovipussi

vrećica

portatore sacchetto sacchetto della spesa

買物袋

쇼핑백

draagtas

bærepose

reklamówka

saco de compras sacola de compras

пакет

nakupovalna vrečka

bärkasse

ถุงใส่ของ

alışveriş torbası

túi đựng hàng

购物袋

carrier bag

n (Brit) → sacchetto, borsa (di plastica)

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

carrier bag

→ كِيْس taška bærepose Tüte τσάντα για ψώνια bolsa muovipussi cabas vrećica sacchetto della spesa 買物袋 쇼핑백 draagtas bærepose reklamówka saco de compras, sacola de compras пакет bärkasse ถุงใส่ของ alışveriş torbası túi đựng hàng 购物袋

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