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Satchel
//ˈsæt͡ʃəl// name, noun
Definitions
Proper Noun
- 1 A surname.
Noun
- 1 A bag or case with one or two shoulder straps, especially used to carry books etc.
""Come, now, take yourselves off, like good boys and girls," he said; and the whole assemblage, dark and light, disappeared through a door into a large verandah, followed by Eva, who carried a large satchel, which she had been filling with apples, nuts, candy, ribbons, laces, and toys of every description, during her whole homeward journey."
- 2 luggage consisting of a small case with a flat bottom and (usually) a shoulder strap wordnet
Etymology
First recorded circa 1340 as Middle English sachel, from Old French sachel, from Late Latin saccellum (“money bag, purse”), a diminutive of Latin sacculus, itself a diminutive of saccus (“bag”). See sack.
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