piece bag

English

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Noun

piece bag (plural piece bags)

  1. A bag for carrying pieces of material.
    • 1956 [1880], Johanna Spyri, Heidi, translation of original by Eileen Hall, page 108:
      Mrs Sesemann had a wonderful piece-bag, with materials of all kinds and colours in it, and from these Heidi made dresses, coats, and aprons for the dolls.
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