satchel
Americannoun
noun
Other Word Forms
- satcheled adjective
- satchelled adjective
- unsatcheled adjective
Etymology
Origin of satchel
1300–50; Middle English sachel < Old French < Latin saccellus, double diminutive of saccus sack 1; -elle
Example Sentences
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After Red left, I stuffed just a few things in a satchel: a dry loaf of bread, some biscuits, a skin of water, and my mother’s bobbin from her spinning wheel.
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He began to capture the falling stars and trap them in an enchanted satchel.
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He pushed the stack of papers to one side and pulled his laptop from his satchel.
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She had a satchel slung over one shoulder, but she walked upright, and fast.
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I clutch my satchel with our gas masks.
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