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Examples
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Bridget took back my cellphone, passed me my night-bag and watched me while I checked its contents: socks, handkerchiefs, shirts, underpants, a sponge-bag, one grey pullover with V-neck.
the mission song Le Carre, John, 1931- 2006
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Fetching my shaving kit from the bathroom, I confirmed with perverse satisfaction that the blue sponge-bag with the teddy-bear in which Penelope kept what she archly called her Press Kit was still missing from its shelf: just what every girl needs for a weekend with a flock of high-flying advertisers in Sussex.
The mission song Le Carre, John, 1931- 2006
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Fetching my shaving kit from the bathroom, I confirmed with perverse satisfaction that the blue sponge-bag with the teddy-bear in which Penelope kept what she archly called her Press Kit was still missing from its shelf: just what every girl needs for a weekend with a flock of high-flying advertisers in Sussex.
the mission song Le Carre, John, 1931- 2006
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William was one of twenty-one prefects, distinguishable by their dress of ‘sponge-bag’ trousers—similar to chinos—stiff wing collar and white bow tie, braid-edged black tailcoat and a colourful waistcoat of their choosing.
WILLIAM Tim Graham 2003
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William was one of twenty-one prefects, distinguishable by their dress of ‘sponge-bag’ trousers—similar to chinos—stiff wing collar and white bow tie, braid-edged black tailcoat and a colourful waistcoat of their choosing.
WILLIAM Tim Graham 2003
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William was one of twenty-one prefects, distinguishable by their dress of ‘sponge-bag’ trousers—similar to chinos—stiff wing collar and white bow tie, braid-edged black tailcoat and a colourful waistcoat of their choosing.
WILLIAM Tim Graham 2003
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I used to walk up, under the walls, swinging my sponge-bag, through the dusk.
The Complete Stories Waugh, Evelyn 1998
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I caught the eleven twenty-five to Norway the next morning with the knife wrapped in polythene in my sponge-bag; or rather the black zipped leather case which did that duty.
Slay Ride Francis, Dick, 1920- 1974
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Well, I had my bath-towel over my arm and my sponge-bag in the other hand, so, when I slipped, I was a bit helpless, you see.
Death of a Delft Blue Mitchell, Gladys, 1901-1983 1964
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You cap was used once in your bathroom at home as a sponge-bag.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 153, December 26, 1917 Various
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