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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
carry-all

1714 as a type of carriage; in the baggage sense from 1884; from carry (v.) + all (n.).

Usage examples of "carry-all".

He gained speed again, leading a convoy of two jeeps, two CID sedans, a carry-all truck of spare parts and a covered truck bearing Jaworski and the sphere of steel and high explosive that was the implosive shell of the bomb.

Bhaer returned from her drive that afternoon, before she could unpack the load of little boys, without whom she seldom moved, a small girl of ten skipped out at the back of the carry-all, and ran into the house, shouting,—.

For a moment, he tried to fit the words into a context that made sense as his hands continued automatically packing a carry-all for his son's trip.