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Luggage   /lˈəgədʒ/  /lˈəgɪdʒ/   Listen
noun
Luggage  n.  That which is lugged; anything cumbrous and heavy to be carried; especially, a traveler's trunks, baggage, etc., or their contents. "I am gathering up my luggage, and preparing for my journey." "What do you mean, To dote thus on such luggage!"
Synonyms: Plunder; baggage.
Luggage van, a vehicle for carrying luggage; a railway car, or compartment of a car, for carrying luggage. (Eng.)
Luggage compartment, the compartment in a train, bus or other vehicle designed for storage of luggage during a journey. Separate from the passenger compartment.






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"Luggage" Quotes from Famous Books



... South, and as Sally May's luggage had not come she was fitted out with what she needed. Nancy went to the housekeeper's room for soap and a toothbrush—Mrs. Bronson kept a supply for such emergencies; Josephine donated her best crepe ...
— Judy of York Hill • Ethel Hume Patterson Bennett

... evening he returned to the hotel, and on the following morning I saw him again descending the stairs, the same dressing-case in hand. He nodded salute, slung his luggage to the same urchin with the cry, "Hook it, you lubber!" and, turning to me, said, "Ta, ta, sheering ...
— Romantic Spain - A Record of Personal Experiences (Vol. II) • John Augustus O'Shea

... know him, of course," he hastened to say. "I shall try to find him at once." He turned to go, beheld her luggage, and added: "Is there anyone to ...
— The Furnace of Gold • Philip Verrill Mighels

... tongue of every chaperon was tipped with the story of the four-wheeler and the half-drawn blind, but it was a distinctly latter-day instinct that had led these ladies to speak of there having been luggage piled upon the roof of this celebrated cab. Henceforth eye, ear, and nostril were open, and in the quivering ardour of the chase they scattered through the covers of Cork Hill and Merrion Square, passing from one to the other, by means of sharp yelps and barkings, every ...
— Muslin • George Moore

... him when he reached his old lodgings, and so was Newman, who had expended a day's income in a can of rum and milk to prepare them for the journey. They had tied up the luggage, Smike shouldered it, and away they went, with Newman Noggs in company; for he had insisted on walking as far as he ...
— The Life And Adventures Of Nicholas Nickleby • Charles Dickens


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