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A bag with shoulder-strap dignity, refusing to admit it's just a fancy sack.
means A small to medium bag, usually with a flap and a long strap worn over the shoulder, used for carrying books, papers, or odds and ends.
from From Old French 'sachel,' itself from Latin 'saccellus,' a little 'saccus' (sack or bag) — the same humble 'saccus' that gives us 'sack' and 'sac.' So beneath the strap and the dignity, the word is literally just a tiny sack, with the diminutive '-ellus' adding the only touch of refinement it ever earned.
- old roots
- From Latin saccellus, meaning little bag
- school icon
- Carried British schoolkids' books for over a century
- satchel paige
- Legendary pitcher hauled bags before hauling fastballs
- medical kin
- Doctors' Gladstone bags are beefed-up satchels
satchel paige — legendary baseball pitcher who played in the negro leagues and majors, pitched until age 59 in 1965
satchel charge — anti-tank explosive device used by soviet forces in world war ii, famously depicted in combat footage