duffel bag

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A large, cylindrical, duffel cloth bag used to carry personal gear, especially by soldiers.
  2. A smaller, cylindrical, cloth bag fashionable in the 1950s and 1960s.

Pronunciation

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Word forms

duffel bag duffel bags duffle bag

Etymology

After the Belgian town of Duffel, which produced the thick cloth from which early duffel bags were made.

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