Book-bag
a bag or satchel used especially by a student for carrying books.
Historical Examples
Pretty Tales for the Nursery Isabel Thompson
Pretty Tales for the Nursery Isabel Thompson
Pretty Tales for the Nursery Isabel Thompson
The Expositor’s Bible: The Pastoral Epistles Alfred Plummer
Pretty Tales for the Nursery Isabel Thompson
Our Bird Comrades Leander S. (Leander Sylvester) Keyser
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the Bible.
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the destruction of writings of which the subject, the view of the author, or the like is considered politically or socially objectionable: used as a means of censorship or oppression. Historical Examples Notes and Queries, Number 236, May 6, 1854 Various The Huguenots in France Samuel Smiles.