Meanings
plural carrierbags
- alternativeAlternative form of carrier bag.
An alabaster white seagull standing atop a litterbin is bending to pull a chipshop carrierbag from within.
2013, Sam Smith, chapter 21, in Marraton, Beaworthy, Devon: Indigo Dreams Publishing, →ISBN, page 1642 more examples
In the corridor outside he met Stephen and Trudy Pritchett, walking slowly, holding plastic carrierbags of shopping.
2008, Rebecca Tope, chapter 19, in Blood in the Cotswolds (Cotswold; 5), London: Allison & Busby, →ISBN, page 318Then he transferred a dozen parcels into the Roller’s boot, as well as some carrierbags containing, I could only suppose, Lady Moggerhanger’s groceries of local produce.
a. 2011, Alan Sillitoe, chapter 12, in Moggerhanger: A Novel, New York, N.Y.: Seven Stories Press, published 2016, →ISBN, page 203
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