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piece-bag

piece-bag is the alternative spelling of piece bag.

Meaning of piece bag

Noun

piece bag (plural piece bags)

  1. A bag for carrying pieces of material.
    • Mrs Sesemann had a wonderful piece-bag, with materials of all kinds and colours in it, and from these Heidi made dresses, coats, and aprons for the dolls.1956 [1880], Johanna Spyri, Heidi, translation of original by Eileen Hall, page 108

Forms of piece-bag

pluralpiece-bags

Questions about piece-bag

What is piece-bag the alternative spelling of?
Piece-bag is the alternative spelling of piece bag.

Words near piece-bag in the dictionary

  1. piece together
  2. piece up
  3. piece work
  4. piece worker
  5. piece workers
  6. piece-bag
  7. piece-bags
  8. piece-dye
  9. piece-dyed
  10. piece-dyeing
  11. piece-dyes

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