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dustbag

noun

Etymology

From dust + bag.

  1. derived from baggi
  2. inherited from bagge
  3. formed as dustbag — “dust + bag”

Definitions

  1. The bag inside a vacuum cleaner where collected dust is stored.

    • These may contain filters manufactured without the use of harmful materials and may not require a dustbag. Dyson vacuum cleaners are examples of designs with such characteristics.

  2. A bag in which clothing can be protected from damage.

    • […] old textbooks and dusty encyclopedias, clothing hanging from rafters in dustbags, and all the other useless and superfluous stuff usually found in attics.

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Derived

dustbagged

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA