paperbag

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English

Etymology

From paper +‎ bag.

Noun

paperbag (plural paperbags)

  1. Alternative form of paper bag
    • 1912 August 19, The Telegraph, Brisbane, page 4:
      A paperbag maker named Colclough, of Manchester, is claiming the earldom of Newburgh, and estates worth £6,000,000.
    • 2008, Margaret Moore Blanchard, This Land: A Novel Memoir, page 52:
      Annoyed they weren't catching the mouse they were all so concerned about, Dulce got a paperbag and tried, one-footed, to scoop up the agitated critter[.]