duffel bag

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duffel bag

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

noun duffel bags · duffle bag

  1. Australia, US, often A large, cylindrical, duffel cloth bag used to carry personal gear, especially by soldiers.

    Similar: kitbag

  2. UK A smaller, cylindrical, cloth bag fashionable in the 1950s and 1960s.

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noun large duffel cloth bag used to carry personal gear

Españolpetate, talega, talego, bolsa gusano
한국어더플백 deopeulbaek
日本語ダッフルバッグ daffuru baggu, 雑嚢 zatsunō
Françaissac de sport, sac de toile
DeutschReisetasche
Italianoborsone, borsa da viaggio
Ελληνικάλουκάνικο loukániko
Русскийвещево́й мешо́к veščevój mešók, вещмешо́к veščmešók
עבריתקִיטְבֶּג kítbeg, שַׂק חֲפָצִים sak khafátzim

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@misc{duffel_bag_2026,
  title = {duffel bag},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/duffel%20bag},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}