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sponge-bag

sponge-bag is the alternative form of sponge bag.

Meaning of sponge bag

Noun

sponge bag (plural sponge bags)

  1. (Australia, UK) A bag for carrying toiletries, as when travelling.
    Synonyms:
    Dopp kit
  2. (UK) Designating clothing (especially trousers) with a fine, faint black-and-white check pattern.
    • In every hotel in Ireland sits a military man with […] a loud commanding voice, & spongebag coat & red slippers.1934 May 8, Virginia Woolf, Diary

Forms of sponge-bag

pluralsponge-bags

Phrases with sponge-bag

Questions about sponge-bag

What is sponge-bag the alternative form of?
Sponge-bag is the alternative form of sponge bag.

Words near sponge-bag in the dictionary

  1. sponge stick
  2. sponge tax
  3. sponge taxes
  4. sponge toffee
  5. sponge up
  6. sponge-bag
  7. sponge-bag pants
  8. sponge-bags
  9. sponge-brained
  10. spongeable
  11. spongebag

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