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A small overnight bag for short trips
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valise
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Charles wandered slowly up the village street in search of his valise . ▪ Dinah had brought a valise with her which contained her stage make-up; it would pass for luggage. ▪ His first wife, Hadley, left a whole valise crammed ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Valise \Va*lise"\, n. [F. valise; cf. It. valigia, Sp. balija, LL. valisia, valesia; of uncertain origin, perhaps through (assumed) LL. vidulitia, from L. vidulus a leathern trunk; a knapsack.] A small sack or case, usually of leather, but sometimes of ...
Usage examples of valise.
Vers trois heures du matin on voulut bien encore le remplacer, et il monta a son cabinet ou, apres avoir retire habit et gilet, il atteignit une vieille valise en cuir, qui ne lui avait pas servi depuis quinze ans.
Clad in her clinging muslin chemise she opened the valise to take out her bedgown, then froze in dismay.
Opening his little safe, Brye took out a small valise and laid it on the workbench.
She had burdened Jenny, sitting on her other side, with the huge valise she required for one night ashore.
One Hundred and Twenty-fifth Street, and struck down toward the river, Dodger carrying the valise.
Two boys asked to carry his valise, but he shook his head till Dodger came round, and he engaged him right off.
Setting her valise at the back of the closet, she closed the door and glanced at the futon lying under the window.
Reaching into the valise, he removed a short-barreled pistol whose dull finish reminded Hayward more of plastic than metal.
Quand elle redescendit, elle trouva son pere, qui avait revetu ses vetements de tous les jours, en train de boucler sa valise.
Delft, where he had left his valise, Ned partook of a good meal, for he had taken nothing but a manchet of bread and a cup of wine since the previous night.
La tasse de cafe acceptee, le notaire voulut que le petit clerc portat la valise de son ancien camarade.
Rubens took two manuscripts out of his valise and handed one to Scaglia and another to Rockox.
As a result of the Dickensian excess the Yuletide always evoked in her soul, her baggage had evolved from a simple rucksack for easy cross-country hiking to a swarm of bulging valises and portmanteaus bought in Staddle High Street to contain her acquired freight of gifts.
She slid her hand into her valise and drew out the cloth bag that held her collection of shells, putting them one after another onto the dark drape of the cloak that covered her lap so she could touch the beguiling tropical contours.
His valise was left behind at the inn, for he proposed to return there in the evening, and had indeed bespoken for himself a snug little supper.