duffel bag

noun

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: a soft oblong bag for personal belongings

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Jordan’s mother, after being killed by her boyfriend and stuffed in a duffel bag, had been funeralized at Mount Neboh Baptist Church in Harlem. — Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2026 Campbell asked the store owner to hang onto the duffel bag and asked to borrow a hat, prosecutors said. — Adam Harrington, CBS News, 11 Oct. 2026 Birchmore, 23, was found slumped on her bedroom floor in Canton, Massachusetts, with a duffel bag strap looped around her neck and tied to a closet door handle. — Faith Karimi, CNN Money, 9 Oct. 2026 There, the teen gave an undercover agent posing as an Islamic State member $600 in exchange for a duffel bag containing an AK-47, four magazines and 200 rounds of ammunition, court records state. — Dan Simmons, Washington Post, 7 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for duffel bag

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First Known Use

1903, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of duffel bag was in 1903

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duffel bag

noun
: a soft oblong bag for personal belongings

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