luggage

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"The cart for the luggage will be here presently, sir," Jones, the old coachman, told Mr. Linton.

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  1. noun Containers for a traveler's belongings.
  2. noun The cases and belongings of a traveler.

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  • We arrived on Sunday morning: the custom-house officers, very gentlemanly men, came on board; our luggage was all set out, and passed through a rapid examination, which in many cases amounted only to opening the trunk and shutting it, and all was over. —  The Life of Harriet Beecher Stowe
  • Asking rear-seat passengers to hold your luggage will be an exercise in the art of persuasion.
  • Hey, the luggage is the least of reasons why you should notice this car. —  Wheels
  • Hey, the luggage is the least of the reasons that you should notice this car. —  Wheels
  • Come along; the Familiar will see that your luggage is all right Yes; and I shall make bold to bring in a shrimp to tea," said Henderson, seizing hold of Eden All right. —  St. Winifred's, or The World of School
 

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/ˈləgədʒ/
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