sootbag

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noun

A bag of soot.

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Meanings

nounsootbag (plural sootbags)

plural sootbags

  1. A bag of soot.

    One portion of the public had flown to arms because Mr. Crawshay had jocularly talked of sending a sweep and a sootbag in the third-class train to keep respectable people out.

    1851, A History of the English Railway, John Francis, page 103

Origin

From soot + bag.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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