Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A usually rectangular piece of luggage for carrying clothing.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A flat valise, light enough to be carried by hand, originally intended to contain a gentleman's evening clothes or ‘dress-suit.’ Also called a dress-suit case.
Wiktionary
- n. large (usually rectangular) piece of luggage used for carrying clothes, and sometimes suits, when travelling
- v. to trade using samples in a suitcase
WordNet 3.0
- n. a portable rectangular container for carrying clothes
Examples
“Living out of a suitcase is her modus operandi, as she is usually on tour.”
“Right now, I think the large size of the seal on his suitcase is a bit distracting.”
“So between the dresses and the exercise clothes and the naughty nurse outfit (I'm just kidding! seriously!), the suitcase is already way full, and we haven't even talked about shoes yet.”
“You should see the expression of the inspectors when they discover that inside my suitcase is a jar of peanut butter and also one or two loafs of my favorite bread.”
“Mr. Griffith is judicious about what he puts in his suitcase, which is 20 inches long comfortably within airlines 'carry-on limits and made of black leather, a color he says won't "show dirt.”
“He goes in and says look, she's -- she's -- she's -- I saw her take her suitcase, which is kind of funny, like the luggage she ended up in.”
“Yon's suitcase, aka my suitcase, is indeed in the lost and found.”
“Last month, U.S. prosecutors, investigating alleged Venezuelan agents operating in Florida, said that the money in the suitcase was a contribution from Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez to the presidential campaign of Argentina's leftist leader, Cristina Kirchner.”
“My one fashion must that you will always find packed in my suitcase is a pair of black pants that go with anything.”
“Luckily, my clothes weren't ruined, but the suitcase is a goner.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘suitcase’.
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Beautiful Compound Words
aftermath, afterthought, butterfly, campfire, colorblind, backhand, crossword, cupcake, dollhouse, drawbridge, dreadlock, dreamscape and 73 more...
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Cases of cases
Inspired by the Staircase bookcase.
staircase, bookcase, basket case, lowercase, uppercase, any case, nominative case, subjective case, oblique case, accusative case, dative case, cold case and 65 more...
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Tunie: Word Disassociation
(I'm fairly sure that I'm subverting the whole concept of the Tunie by listing this song. Subversion! Yes! HA HA HA HA! Mine is an evil laugh!!!)
Word Disassociation
antidisestablishm..., quickly, ruby, bionic, about, crouch, a cappella, imposter, flames, distraction, murderous, over and 181 more...
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The things they carried (List 2)
Listening to this as an audio book for the second time. Tim O'Brien uses simple words and phrases to great effect. Very few unfamilar and big words . The writing style reminds me of words from Joh...
The, Things, They, Carried, meant, fond, By necessity,, presented to him, far beyond, against the brick..., reaching, taut and 2940 more...
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Bags of Holding
duffel, backpack, purse, bindle, briefcase, fanny pack, messenger bag, satchel, suitcase, tote, manbag, murse and 14 more...
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OM3 Lesson 19
application, interview, gotten, single, hang in there, well-qualified, land, unemployed, employed, drunk, once, taste and 13 more...
Tweets
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I said nothing
to the woman I loved
but gathered
love's adjectives into a suitcase
and fled from all languages.
- Nizar Qabbani, 'Language'. Oct 10, 2008