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sponge bag

sponge bag noun: a bag for carrying toiletries, as when travelling.

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
    • Below her a small boat puttered quietly at the landing stage, and the chef appeared, in his sponge bag trousers and his white jacket, to tale the day's delivery of fresh perch.1984, Anita Brookner, Hotel du Lac, Penguin, published 2016, page 36

Synonyms of sponge bag

Forms of sponge bag

pluralsponge bags
alternative formsponge-bag
alternative formspongebag

Questions about sponge bag

What does sponge bag mean?
Sponge bag means a bag for carrying toiletries, as when travelling.
What part of speech is sponge bag?
Sponge bag is a noun.
What is the plural of sponge bag?
The plural of sponge bag is sponge bags.

Words near sponge bag in the dictionary

  1. spondylotic
  2. spondylous
  3. spondyls
  4. spong
  5. sponge
  6. sponge bag
  7. sponge bags
  8. sponge ball
  9. sponge bath
  10. sponge baths
  11. sponge bomb

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