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A bag named for what it carries, now carrying everything but.
means A small waterproof or washable bag for holding toiletries when travelling, chiefly British usage.
from A British compound from "sponge" (Old English "sponge," via Latin "spongia" and Greek "spongia") plus "bag." The sponge here is the bath sponge, once a staple of the washstand, and the bag was literally the pouch you carried it in. The natural sponge largely vanished from the toilette, but the name clung on, now covering soap, toothbrush, razor and the rest.
- british origin
- Brits coined the term for toiletry pouches
- actual sponges
- Natural sea sponges were once standard travel kit
- waterproof inside
- Lined to survive leaking shampoo apocalypses
- also called
- Americans say dopp kit, after a leather designer
- sea sponge truth
- Sponges are animals, not plants, despite the name
for instance
brillo pad — steel wool scouring pad invented by edwin cox in 1913, still sold globally for scrubbing
scotch-brite sponge — synthetic scrubbing sponge made by 3m, dominant kitchen product since 1960s