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piece bag

piece bag noun: a bag for carrying pieces of material.

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
alternative formpiece-bag

Questions about piece bag

What does piece bag mean?
Piece bag means a bag for carrying pieces of material.
What part of speech is piece bag?
Piece bag is a noun.
What is the plural of piece bag?
The plural of piece bag is piece bags.

Words near piece bag in the dictionary

  1. piecakes
  2. piecard
  3. piecards
  4. piece
  5. piece and crisps
  6. piece bag
  7. piece bags
  8. piece broker
  9. piece brokers
  10. piece by piece
  11. piece de resistance

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