hit-and-run bag
n.— «Reynolds also said “it’s important to have a kit—a hit-and-run bag as he called it—you can grab if you’re told to evacuate or have to get out of your house.”» —“Ready for the unthinkable” by Dave Caldwell Minot Daily News (North Dakota) Sept. 17, 2006. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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