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paper bag

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Noun1.paper bagpaper bag - a bag made of paper or plastic for holding customer's purchases
carrier 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
paper bag n → sacchetto di carta
paper bag n → sacchetto di carta


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Before going to sleep he was sufficiently wide awake to put a paper bag over his head to keep off the flies.
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Mademoiselle offered Edna some chocolates in a paper bag, which she took from her pocket, by way of showing that she bore no ill feeling.
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In the little paths among the seed beds she stood holding a paper bag in her hand.
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