Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A bag for holding the game killed by a sportsman.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun a canvas or leather bag for carrying game (especially birds) killed by a hunter.

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  • noun A hunter's pouch for storing game.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun a canvas or leather bag for carrying game (especially birds) killed by a hunter

Etymologies

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game +‎ bag

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Examples

  • I do carry a 12 'long x 2' high blind in my gamebag for times when I want to sit for a while.

    Blinds? Turkeys? Huh? 2009

  • I do carry a 12 'long x 2' high blind in my gamebag for times when I want to sit for a while.

    Blinds? Turkeys? Huh? 2009

  • It took me a little longer than Keith but somehow 4 birds ended up in my gamebag.

    Field & Stream 2009

  • → Decoy The roll-up decoy weighs nothing in your gamebag and looks like a real hen.

    Autumn Gobblers: How To Hunt Turkeys in the Fall 2008

  • Add to that the joy that comes from finally being in the field after all those hot workaday months spent thinking about it, your pals trash-talking, the hunger-inducing promise of all that tender and fine-grained meat being steadily stuffed into a gamebag, and the sight and smell of barbecue smoke rising in the distance, and the fun tips over into sublime pleasure.

    The Culture and Tradition of Southern Dove Hunting 2005

  • You can add and subtract layers as you cool down and warm up, tucking unworn clothes into your gamebag.

    The Trouble With Pheasant Hunting 2002

  • We were ... an annoyance, I think "— her tone was calm, but it was clear she did not like being regarded so lightly —" and perhaps a little something extra to slip into his gamebag, if we were not too much trouble.

    The Dragon Reborn Jordan, Robert, 1948- 1991

  • Here and there are books, reviews, a little work-basket in the shape of a gamebag, with silk tassels, a bunch of violets in a glass vase, and green plants in the jardinieres.

    The French Immortals Series — Complete Various

  • "We sure will," answered Todd, and he gave each of the party something to carry on his back and in his gamebag.

    Dave Porter at Star Ranch Or, The Cowboy's Secret Edward Stratemeyer 1896

  • When Shirley Roseleaf left the hotel that morning he carried a fishing rod, a rifle, a gamebag and other acoutrements of the sportsman.

    A Black Adonis Linn Boyd Porter 1883

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