Definition of Carrier bag

1. Noun. A bag made of paper or plastic for holding customer's purchases.

Exact synonyms: Paper Bag, Poke, Sack
Generic synonyms: Bag
Specialized synonyms: Doggie Bag, Doggy Bag, Grocery Bag
Derivative terms: Sack

Definition of Carrier bag

1. Noun. A bag made of thin polythene or paper, generally used for carrying groceries or other purchased items. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Carrier Bag

carriageway
carriageways
carriboo
carriboos
carrick bend
carrick bends
carrick bitt
carricks
carried
carried away
carried out
carried the message to Garcia
carrier
carrier-free
carrier-pigeon
carrier bag
carrier bags
carrier cell
carrier electrophoresis
carrier pigeon
carrier pigeons
carrier protein
carrier proteins
carrier screening
carrier shell
carrier state
carrier strain
carrier test
carrier wave
carrier waves

Literary usage of Carrier bag

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Mr Brouard's Odyssey by Diana Winsor (2004)
"Shall we pick some to go widi die meat:' Penny - look, take die carrier bag and pick some. We might as well. It really is delicious. A bit like asparagus, ..."

2. The American and English Railroad Cases: A Collection of All Cases in the by Lawrence Lewis, Adelbert Hamilton, John Houston Merrill, William Mark McKinney, James Manford Kerr, John Crawford Thomson (1890)
"... engines does not impose liability for goods destroyed by fire while in possession of company as a carrier. Bag- sett V. Connecticut River R. Co.. (Mass. ..."

3. Descriptive Essays Contributed to the Quarterly Review by Sir Francis Bond Head (1857)
"... of hi« respective walk, until the last carrier, bag in baud, having descended from ihe steps, the empty vehicle veers round ftnd slowly return« to it« ..."

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