dilly bags

Noun

dilly bag (plural dilly bags)

1. (Australia) A traditional Australian Aboriginal string bag, made from twisted bark fibres and used for gathering food.
   • I learned, too, at the camp to plait dilly-bags, to chop sugar-bags (otherwise hives of native bees) out of trees, to make drinking-vessels from gourds, and to play the jews′-harp.1885, Rosa Campbell Praed, Australian Life: Black and White, Gutenberg Australia eBook #0607211
2. (Australia, broadly) Any similar loose bag with a large strap, normally made of soft cloth.
   • The woman carried two small battered suitcases, fastened with rope, and a plastic dilly bag; the man carried only a scent of garlic.1968, Geoffrey Blainey, Across a Red World, page 132
3. Synonym of ditty bag.

   Synonyms:

   ditty bag