duffel bag

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Etymology

After the Belgian town of Duffel, which produced the thick cloth from which early duffel bags were made.

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duffel bag (plural duffel bags)

  1. (US, Australia, often military) A large, cylindrical, duffel cloth bag used to carry personal gear, especially by soldiers.
    Synonym: (UK) kitbag
    Hyponym: seabag
  2. (UK) A smaller, cylindrical, cloth bag fashionable in the 1950s and 1960s.

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