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bivvy bag

bivvy bag is the alternative form of bivvybag.

Meaning of bivvybag

Noun

bivvybag (plural bivvybags)

  1. A lightweight, durable, waterproof bag, somewhat larger than a sleeping bag, that acts as an alternative to a tent.
    • But while De Quincey came up with a prototype for a one-person tent, Stevenson invented the bivvybag, 'a sort of long roll or sausage, green waterproof cart-cloth without and blue sheep's fur within.'2011, Bill Laws, Byways, Boots and Blisters: A History of Walkers and Walking, page 142

Forms of bivvy bag

pluralbivvy bags

Questions about bivvy bag

What is bivvy bag the alternative form of?
Bivvy bag is the alternative form of bivvybag.

Words near bivvy bag in the dictionary

  1. bivouacks
  2. bivouacs
  3. bivvied
  4. bivvies
  5. bivvy
  6. bivvy bag
  7. bivvy bags
  8. bivvybag
  9. bivvybags
  10. bivvying
  11. bivy

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