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cloak bag

cloak bag noun: a suitcase or valise.

Noun

cloak bag (plural cloak bags)

  1. (obsolete) A suitcase or valise.
    • I was taken and immediately drawne into the bosome of a thicke Wood that was not far-off; there puld from my horse, stripped with all speed, my truncks and clokebags rifled, my box taken, my horses, my equipage, and such things as I had, dispersed and shared amongst them.1603, Michel de Montaigne, translated by John Florio, Essays, III.12

Forms of cloak bag

pluralcloak bags

Questions about cloak bag

What does cloak bag mean?
Cloak bag means a suitcase or valise.
What part of speech is cloak bag?
Cloak bag is a noun.
What is the plural of cloak bag?
The plural of cloak bag is cloak bags.

Words near cloak bag in the dictionary

  1. cloacinid
  2. cloacinids
  3. cloacins
  4. cloacitis
  5. cloak
  6. cloak bag
  7. cloak bags
  8. cloak fern
  9. cloak ferns
  10. cloak room
  11. cloak rooms

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