duffel bag
English
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editEtymology
editAfter the Belgian town of Duffel, which produced the thick cloth from which early duffel bags were made.
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Noun
editduffel bag (plural duffel bags)
- (US, Australia, often military) A large, cylindrical, duffel cloth bag used to carry personal gear, especially by soldiers.
- (UK) A smaller, cylindrical, cloth bag fashionable in the 1950s and 1960s.
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editlarge duffel cloth bag used to carry personal gear
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