Duffle
pronunciation
How to pronounce Duffle in British English:
UK 
How to pronounce Duffle in American English:
US
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- Noun:
- a large cylindrical bag of heavy cloth; for carrying personal belongings
- a coarse heavy woolen fabric
Word Origin
- duffle (n.)
- 1670s, from Dutch duffel, from Duffel, town in Brabant where the cloth was originally sold. Duffel bag is American English, first recorded 1917 in a letter of e e cummings.
Example
- 1. He likens this baggage to carrying around a duffle bag .
- 2. Wearing a gray duffle coat over a dark suit and tie , mr. assange arrived with his british lawyer , mark stephens .
- 3. He didn 't argue with me or warn his brother ; he just hitched up his duffle and stepped back out the window , leaving me alone with my plan to scream .