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sootbags

sootbags is the plural of sootbag.

Meaning of sootbag

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

Questions about sootbags

What is sootbags the plural of?
Sootbags is the plural of sootbag.

Words near sootbags in the dictionary

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

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