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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Use any duffel bags to store smaller items like undergarments and bathing suits. \u2014 Mary Cornetta, Better Homes & Gardens , 13 June 2022",
"As members of the group blocked the doors with chairs, Paulette Harlow, 73, of Kingston, Mass., allegedly unloaded a duffel filled with a chain and rope. \u2014 Washington Post , 31 Mar. 2022",
"Bags included duffel -bucket combo shaped by the word FENDI cut out in leather; a denim Peekaboo incorporated as an external water bottle holder and bright shoppers were made out of recycled plastic. \u2014 Colleen Barry, ajc , 18 June 2022",
"Bring a new piece of luggage, backpack, duffel or new package of socks for the luggage and sock drive to benefit San Diego\u2019s homeless shelters and San Pasqual Academy and receive a special drink. \u2014 Linda Mcintosh, San Diego Union-Tribune , 11 June 2022",
"What\u2019s really troubling, Ramirez said, is that plants stuffed in duffel bags and left in warehouses develop mold or fungus on the leaves, a distasteful thought for people looking to use white sage for medicinal reasons. \u2014 Jeanette Marantosstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 12 Apr. 2022",
"This roomy duffel is hardy enough to lug gym gear or ferry his cargo for a weekend in the country and is guaranteed to attract approving nods from in-the-know menswear aficionados. \u2014 Kareem Rashed, Robb Report , 16 Nov. 2021",
"The duffel is lightweight, zips entirely flat for storage or travel, and features one deep interior pocket and one exterior quick-access pocket. \u2014 Jordi Lippe-mcgraw, Forbes , 11 June 2021",
"With two gray duffel bags between them, Besidovska, her daughter and her 20-year-old sister, Marina, headed by bus to Lviv, a major city near the Polish border that has been a gateway to safety since the war began. \u2014 Washington Post , 27 Mar. 2022"
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"1677, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"Dutch duffel , from Duffel , Belgium":""
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"\u02c8d\u0259-f\u0259l"
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": a soft oblong bag for personal belongings":[]
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"At a security station by the front doors, a woman stuffed a sleeping pad into a duffel bag . \u2014 Zachariah Hughes, Anchorage Daily News , 30 June 2022",
"Some items, like a duffel bag of fan mail from 1966, deliver an immediate emotional impact. \u2014 New York Times , 5 May 2022",
"In November, Hunter Schuler stuffed a weekend\u2019s worth of clothes and gear into a duffel bag , said goodbye to his wife, and drove from Austin to San Antonio for his monthly National Guard drill. \u2014 Rachel Monroe, The New Yorker , 26 Apr. 2022",
"Rylee was left unattended for two hours before Chapman returned to her 2019 Toyota Sienna at 4 p.m. to find the passenger side window smashed and Rylee gone, along with her carrying crate, a duffel bag , a backpack and a beach bag. \u2014 Sam Whiting, San Francisco Chronicle , 31 May 2022",
"All of a sudden, the gunman came bounding out of the front door with a backpack and a duffel bag and jumped into his grandmother\u2019s pickup truck. \u2014 New York Times , 29 May 2022",
"All of a sudden, the gunman came bounding out of the front door with a backpack and a duffel bag and jumped into his grandmother\u2019s pickup truck. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 28 May 2022",
"Rather than folding flat, this garment bag from Modoker transforms into a duffel bag for easy carrying and storage while traveling. \u2014 Hillary Maglin, Travel + Leisure , 6 May 2022",
"Family members told police that Covarrubias left their home with a black Nike duffel bag . \u2014 Amaris Encinas, The Arizona Republic , 25 Apr. 2022"
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"1917, in the meaning defined above":""
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": a cattle rustler":[],
": a peddler especially of cheap flashy articles":[],
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"We joined the other duffers at the course.",
"He's a lovable old duffer .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Certainly there is value in showing clips of Al Michaels\u2019 golf swing, which made every duffer feel better about his/her swing, and in breaking down clips of Phil Mickelson tossing a football (quicker release than Trey Lance). \u2014 Scott Ostler, San Francisco Chronicle , 15 Nov. 2021",
"Playing on the same course as some of the game\u2019s greatest golfers can do that to a duffer like me, or any golfer, no matter their skill level. \u2014 oregonlive , 5 July 2021",
"The designer and builder of the putting strips shown here says any patio putter or deck duffer can do the same. \u2014 Popular Mechanics Editors, Popular Mechanics , 19 June 2021",
"Trump is the unmasked duffer clutching the wheel of a golf cart, zipping over knolls while his caddie \u2014 also unmasked \u2014 hangs off the back. \u2014 Washington Post , 18 Nov. 2020",
"Donald Trump\u2019s recent public appearances have been as a spectral duffer on his own golf course and as a disembodied voice in a news release congratulating the U.S. Marine Corps on its 245th birthday. \u2014 Washington Post , 10 Nov. 2020",
"At the Lajitas Golf Resort, on an emerald course shimmering in the Chihuahuan Desert, the duffers and ringers were teeing off each morning last week. \u2014 John Maccormack, San Antonio Express-News , 1 June 2020",
"Just as every country club duffer envisions himself on the back nine at The Masters, most weekend anglers have at some point fancied the idea of making a living fishing for bass. \u2014 Pete Robbins, Field & Stream , 6 Mar. 2020",
"Chalamet is okay for Laurie\u2019s teenaged phase, and Gerwig has every right to make Bhaer a little hotter than the middle-aged duffer in the book. \u2014 Ross Douthat, National Review , 23 Jan. 2020"
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"1756, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
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"perhaps from duff , noun, something worthless":""
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"\u02c8d\u0259-f\u0259r"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-192129",
"type":[
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"definitions":{
": a heavy usually woolen medium-length coat with toggle fasteners and a hood":[]
},
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Burberry polo shirt, hoodie, jogging pants and light brown duffle coat , Givenchy hoop earrings, Nike x Off-White Dunk sneakers. \u2014 WSJ , 5 Mar. 2020",
"Dan Cohen got his English navy-blue duffle coat in 1971 after spotting it in the window of a J. Press and Co. store in Cambridge, Mass. \u2014 John Kelly, Washington Post , 28 May 2018",
"Model Jean Campbell wears a Wales Bonner duffle coat ($2,214) and pants; walesbonner.net. \u2014 Vogue , 20 Sep. 2017",
"Model Jean Campbell wears a Wales Bonner duffle coat ($2,214) and pants \u2014 Vogue , 20 Sep. 2017",
"Try wearing your black brassiere on top of your Burberry duffle coat , and get back to me. \u2014 Michael Avedon, Harper's BAZAAR , 28 Aug. 2017",
"In a mix of pleated chiffon, duffle coats , and alpaca sweaters Lepore played with proportions, mixing in feminine and utilitarian focal points. \u2014 Liana Satenstein, Marie Claire , 13 Feb. 2014"
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"1684, in the meaning defined above":""
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": a blackish green mineral Fe 5 (PO 4 ) 3 (OH) 5 .2H 2 O consisting of hydrous iron phosphate commonly massive or in nodules":[]
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