satchel

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"My pony and my satchel are at the headquarters stables.

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  1. noun A small bag, often having a shoulder strap, used for carrying books or clothing.

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  • I got my clothes, and put them in an old pair of saddle bags—two bags made of leather, connected with a strip of leather, and used when traveling horseback for the same purpose as a satchel is used in traveling in the cars. —  Thirty Years a Slave
  • I also ordered a new laptop backpack, as my satchel was not cutting it. —  MSDN Blogs
  • "My pony and my satchel are at the headquarters stables. —  Ahead of the Army
  • Besides her nurse's bag, her satchel was the only baggage she had at that moment, and she knew that there was but little money in her purse All at once she realised that while debating the question she had been sitting on one of the benches under the trees in the square. —  A Man's Woman
  • But he did not think it prudent to leave them any where, for the person with whom they were left would suspect him of playing truant, and through that means his fault might come to the knowledge of his parents After thinking over this, as he went on his way, it occurred to Richard that the satchel was as likely to betray him if carried along as if left at some store to be called for on his return. —  Wreaths of Friendship A Gift for the Young
 

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  1. Middle English sachel, from Old French, from Late Latin saccellus, from Latin sacculus, diminutive of saccus, bag; see sack1.

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  1. Formerly also sachel; from Middle English sachel, from Old French sachel, from Latin saccellus, diminutive of saccus, a sack, bag: see sack. Cf. Italian saccolo = German säckel, from Latin sacculus, diminutive of saccus, a sack, bag: see saccule.
 

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