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spongebag

spongebag 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 spongebag

pluralspongebags

Questions about spongebag

What is spongebag the alternative form of?
Spongebag is the alternative form of sponge bag.

Words near spongebag in the dictionary

  1. sponge-bag
  2. sponge-bag pants
  3. sponge-bags
  4. sponge-brained
  5. spongeable
  6. spongebag
  7. spongebag pants
  8. spongebag trousers
  9. spongebags
  10. spongecake
  11. spongecakes

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