grocery bag

noun

US
: a plastic or paper bag used for holding items bought at a store

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Officers borrowed plastic cups from a neighbor to scoop up blood samples in the snow and took them back to the police station in a paper grocery bag, according to WCVB. Rachel Treisman, NPR, 28 Mar. 2025 These foldable totes take up minimal space and weight in your bag, yet can serve many different purposes, including that of a beach bag, wet bag for swimsuits, grocery bag, or extra shopping bag for souvenirs. Amelia McBride, Travel + Leisure, 6 Mar. 2025 Those cups then at some point were collected into a Stop & Shop grocery bag. Lance Reynolds, Boston Herald, 21 Sep. 2024 The munitions, both about 40 mm, were dropped off in a grocery bag. Rhiannon Saegert, Kansas City Star, 11 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for grocery bag

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“Grocery bag.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/grocery%20bag. Accessed 18 Apr. 2025.

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