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refugee bag
 n.— «Refugee Bags…I was trying to explain this concept to my friend Erik. These are the bags that everyone uses to go shopping in Morocco. They also use them for travelling if they don’t have actual luggage.» —“Refugee Bags” by Greta Gouda’s Cheesewheel (Boulder, Colorado) Dec. 21, 2005. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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