Definition of "tote bag" [tote bag]

• A large handbag or shopping bag. (noun)

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• "Then she opened a charming tangerine-colored net tote bag that matched her sandals and pulled out little bags of potato chips (fattening) and chocolate chip cookies (even more fattening and lucious with the chocolate chips gone slightly melty)."
• "Neagley answered him by leaning down and pulling a black three-ring binder out of a tote bag on the floor."