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Discover LudwigThe word "satchel" is correct and usable in written English
It is typically used to refer to a bag with a shoulder strap, often used for carrying books or personal items. Example: "She carried her books in a leather satchel as she walked to class." Alternatives include "bag" or "messenger bag."
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satchel
noun
A bag or case with one or two shoulder straps, especially used to carry books etc.
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You choose the shoe that you want to make – or the satchel, belt, or hat – and they send you a box full of pre-cut, buttery-soft leather shapes that you sew together yourself.
Our first job is to choose our style: satchel, messenger or tote.
The sorrowful satchel was the mascot of a citizens' rebellion against a proposed school restructuring in the city-state.
"SCHOOL reform chaos?" asked a frowning satchel depicted on posters plastered around Hamburg. "No thank you".
Velma and a man carrying a satchel leave their homes, get in their cars and drive off into the night, following some timetable we aren't privy to.
Intrusions that stay within the law such as the note a journalist slipped into the satchel of J.K. Rowling's child can be dealt with by a stronger system of self-regulation, which should in future involve more outsiders.Here it is important for any newspaper to be honest.
Yet in the rich world pretty nearly every packed lunch in a schoolchild's satchel contains a packet of potato crisps heavily dosed with both.
From a satchel, he takes out two black books held together with an elastic band.
The epithet originally referred to an unwelcome stranger coming, with no more property than he could carry in a satchel (carpetbag), to exploit or dominate a region against the wishes of some or all of its inhabitants.
£24, urbanoutfitters.co.uk 4. Grey and cream The satchel is given a new lease of life when delivered in this easy, spring colour-way.
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In fact, it's very much in, judging by the number of satchel-style bags available.
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