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sootbag

sootbag noun: a bag of soot.

Noun

sootbag (plural sootbags)

  1. A bag of soot.
    • One portion of the public had flown to arms because Mr. Crawshay had jocularly talked of sending a sweep and a sootbag in the third-class train to keep respectable people out.1851, A History of the English Railway, John Francis, page 103

Forms of sootbag

pluralsootbags

Origin of sootbag

From soot + bag.

Questions about sootbag

What does sootbag mean?
Sootbag means a bag of soot.
What part of speech is sootbag?
Sootbag is a noun.
What is the plural of sootbag?
The plural of sootbag is sootbags.

Words near sootbag in the dictionary

  1. soot warts
  2. soot-ball
  3. soot-balls
  4. soot-oh
  5. soot-proof
  6. sootbag
  7. sootbags
  8. sootball
  9. sootballs
  10. sooted
  11. sooten

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