vanity bag

noun

1. a woman's small bag or hand case used to carry cosmetics, etc

Example Sentences

“I’d get in the shiny white Cadillac with my matching vanity bag and luggage.”

From Literature

Then, while he was once more replenishing the fires, I pulled a little mirror from my vanity bag, and by its aid removed some of the dust which by reason of my tears had now turned to mud on my face.

From Project Gutenberg

Isobel borrowed a toque, and a veil with spots, and a feather boa, and a pair of tan boots with high French heels, and a large cameo brooch, and a vanity bag, and looked dashing enough to break the heart of the most hardened and deliberate woman-hater who ever trod the boards.

From Project Gutenberg

With this, and a tiny comb which she kept in her vanity bag, she made what toilette she could.

From Project Gutenberg

It was perfectly ridiculous to read of this young person's chatter, of her preparations for the event—her vanity bag, Chinese ring, knickers, black and red four-in-hand tie and pastel-shaded band over dark brown hair—and to remember that she was going to risk her life just to gratify her stupid vanity.

From Time Magazine Archive