paperbag

English

Etymology

From paper +‎ bag.

Noun

paperbag (plural paperbags)

1. Alternative form of paper bag
   • 1912 August 19, The Telegraph, Brisbane, page 4:

     A paperbag maker named Colclough, of Manchester, is claiming the earldom of Newburgh, and estates worth £6,000,000.

   • 2008, Margaret Moore Blanchard, This Land: A Novel Memoir, page 52:

     Annoyed they weren't catching the mouse they were all so concerned about, Dulce got a paperbag and tried, one-footed, to scoop up the agitated critter[.]