
The kits became widely known during the Second World War when they were issued to GIs (= members of the U.S. armed forces). Doppelt's company was purchased by Samsonite in the early 1970s.
Dopp kits were once a common gift given to adolescent males as they ascended from boyhood to adulthood.
Although the term was originally a trademark, it appears to have at least mostly become generic, and the US Patent and Trademark Office lists the trademark as abandoned.
In England the item is known as a "sponge bag".
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