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noun
A plastic bag used to package a number of things together, but especially one used to package small supplementary publications that would otherwise fall out of a newspaper or magazine.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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verb
To package in a plastic bag.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pleh1- Proto-Indo-European *polh1ús Ancient Greek πολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)lbor. English poly- Old Norse baggibor.? Old French baguebor.? Middle English bagge English bag English polybag From poly- + bag.
