paperbag

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A form of paper bag — A bag made of paper, especially a firm brown kind intended for carrying groceries.

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Meanings

nounpaperbag (plural paperbags)

plural paperbags

  1. alternativeAlternative form of paper bag.

    A paperbag maker named Colclough, of Manchester, is claiming the earldom of Newburgh, and estates worth £6,000,000.

    1912 August 19, The Telegraph, Brisbane, page 4
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    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[.]

    2008, Margaret Moore Blanchard, This Land: A Novel Memoir, page 52

Origin

From paper + bag.

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APA

paperbag. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/paperbag

MLA

“paperbag.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/paperbag. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “paperbag,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/paperbag.

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