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sponge bags

sponge bags is the plural 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

Questions about sponge bags

What is sponge bags the plural of?
Sponge bags is the plural of sponge bag.

Words near sponge bags in the dictionary

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

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