Meanings
plural sponge bags · alternative sponge-bag · alternative spongebag
- AustraliaUKA bag for carrying toiletries, as when travelling.First known use 19th c.
Synonyms: Dopp kit
- UKDesignating clothing (especially trousers) with a fine, faint black-and-white check pattern.First known use 20th c.
In every hotel in Ireland sits a military man with […] a loud commanding voice, & spongebag coat & red slippers.
1934 May 8, Virginia Woolf, Diary1 more example
Below her a small boat puttered quietly at the landing stage, and the chef appeared, in his sponge bag trousers and his white jacket, to tale the day's delivery of fresh perch.
1984, Anita Brookner, Hotel du Lac, Penguin, published 2016, page 36
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA bag for carrying toiletries, as when travelling.
More synonyms by meaning
nouna waterproof bag for holding bathrooms items (soap and toothpaste etc.) when you are travelling
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
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sponge bag. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sponge%20bag
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