Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A bag to hold implements needed for work or material, such as needlework, that one is working on.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A small bag of some textile material, formerly carried by women, and used to contain their needlework. The term was often used for the reticule.

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

  • noun A bag for holding implements or materials for work; especially, a reticule, or bag for holding needlework, and the like.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun A bag containing tools or material used for work, especially needlework.

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

  • noun container for holding implements and materials for work (especially for sewing)

Etymologies

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work +‎ bag

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Examples

  • They saw John Broom approach the cage, on which the cockatoo put up his crest, opened his beak slowly, and snarled, and Miss Betty tapped on the window and shook her black satin workbag.

    Lob Lie-by-the-Fire: or The Luck of Lingborough 1873

  • He shoved his little workbag into a niche until he could barely reach it.

    Good Night, Mrs. Calabash 2010

  • IDALIA followed the fauns through the trees, her workbag slung over her shoulder.

    Tran Siberian Michael J. Solender 2010

  • LONG (on camera): We know the trunk can hold a couple of bags, but could I actually fit my workbag.

    CNN Transcript May 15, 2009 2009

  • Sometimes with his bare hands, but as he got older with one of the tools from his workbag, which he always brought home with him.

    ‘Mister B. Gone’ 2008

  • Mrs. Bug's workbag hung from a hook on the far wall, and I crossed to get it.

    A Breath of Snow and Ashes Gabaldon, Diana 2005

  • The little princess went round the table with quick, short, swaying steps, her workbag on her arm, and gaily spreading out her dress sat down on a sofa near the silver samovar, as if all she was doing was a pleasure to herself and to all around her.

    War and Peace 2003

  • IDALIA followed the fauns through the trees, her workbag slung over her shoulder.

    The Outstretched Shadow 2003

  • Prince Hippolyte, having brought the workbag, joined the circle and moving a chair close to hers seated himself beside her.

    War and Peace 2003

  • One day when her mother had given her some plums she observed that Sarah did not eat them, but put them all into her little workbag to carry them to school.

    No and Other Stories Compiled by Uncle Humphrey Various

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