satchel
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
First recorded circa 1340, from Old French sachel, from Late Latin saccellum (“money bag, purse”), a diminutive of sacculus, itself a diminutive of saccus (“bag”)
[edit] Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ætʃəl
[edit] Noun
satchel (plural satchels)
- 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.
[edit] Derived terms
- besatcheled (rare)
[edit] Related terms
[edit] Translations
bag or case with one or two shoulder straps
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