Freezer Bag(1948); Refrigerator Bag(1918); Ice Bag(1857)

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FREEZER BAG

   This is not included in my food dictionaries, although stuff like "aluminum foil" is there.  Most likely, Sharon Herbst just forgot to add it in the FOOD LOVER'S COMPANION (1995), and some later dictionaries copying that just didn't make the addition.
   For you Connecticut trivia buffs, is it a CT first?


 Display Ad 77 -- No Title; New York Times (1857-Current file), New York, N.Y.; Aug 8, 1948; pg. X20, 1 pgs:
  _FREEZER BAGS_
CHEAPER THAN CELLULOSE!
BETTER THAN CELLULOSE!
RE-USABLE!
REQUIRES NO BOXES!
Made of Pollene
Refrigerator Bags--$1.00 set of seven
SHORE LINE INDUSTRIES
CLINTON 1, CONNECTICUT

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REFRIGERATOR BAG

   OED has "ice bag" (from 1883), but not "freezer bag" or "refrigerator bag."  The Google numbers don't help this one:

ICE BAG--12,500 Google, 1,840 Google Groups
FREEZER BAG--8,900 Google, 4,180 Google Groups
REFRIGERATOR BAG--53 Google, 13 Google Groups


  Display Ad 7 -- No Title; The Washington Post (1877-1954), Washington, D.C.; Mar 31, 1918; pg. 7, 1 pgs:
   _ICE BAGS_
Stamped sanitary refrigerator bags for lettuce, parsley and celery.  25c value, 15c.

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ICE BAG

 Classified Ad 6 -- No Title; New York Daily Times (1851-1857), New York, N.Y.; Jun 26, 1857; pg. 6, 2 pgs
(Pg. 7:  "Ice Cream Moulds, Ice Bags, Ice Picks, &c.")