Crossword clues for luggage
luggage
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
baggage \bag"gage\ (b[a^]g"g[asl]j), n. [F. bagage, from OF. bague bundle. In senses 6 and 7 cf. F. bagasse a prostitute. See Bag, n.]
-
The clothes, tents, utensils, and provisions of an army.
Note: ``The term itself is made to apply chiefly to articles of clothing and to small personal effects.''
--Farrow. -
The trunks, valises, satchels, etc., which a traveler carries with him on a journey; luggage.
The baronet's baggage on the roof of the coach.
--Thackeray.We saw our baggage following below.
--Johnson.Note: The English usually call this luggage.
Purulent matter. [Obs.]
--Barrough.Trashy talk. [Obs.]
--Ascham.A man of bad character. [Obs.]
--Holland.-
A woman of loose morals; a prostitute.
A disreputable, daring, laughing, painted French baggage.
--Thackeray. A romping, saucy girl. [Playful]
--Goldsmith.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1590s, from lug (v.) "to drag" + -age; so, literally "what has to be lugged about" (or, in Johnson's definition, "any thing of more weight than value"). In 20c., the usual word for "baggage belonging to passengers."
Wiktionary
n. 1 The bags and other containers that hold a traveller's belongings. 2 The contents of such containers.
WordNet
n. a case used to carry belongings when traveling [syn: baggage]
Wikipedia
Luggage is any number of bags, cases and containers which hold a traveller's articles during transit.
Luggage may also refer to:
- Green, a colour sometimes referred to as Luggage or Luggage Green
- The Luggage, fictional object (or organism)
- Left Luggage, film
- Luggage of the Gods!, film
- Luke Lugs Luggage, film
- Lost Luggage (Decide Your Destiny), book
Usage examples of "luggage".
There was, in that garment bag, undoubtedly a second jumpsuit for Asad Khalil, and he had it on at some point, knowing that baggage handlers would come aboard to collect carry-on luggage.
And if you think I am going to one of the fashionable hotels in a travel-stained dress, and nothing but a small bandbox for luggage, you are very much mistaken, Duke!
Before takeoff, Bluey piled their luggage on top of the now-empty plastic ferry tank.
The roofs were piled high with luggage, and the leading cabman shared his seat with a brass-bound trunk of huge dimensions and extremely sharp corners.
Miss Ray were confusedly over, Caird cleverly extricated the newcomers from the thick of the throng, sheltering them between his large yellow motor car and a hotel omnibus waiting for passengers and luggage.
Just as I was sitting down to dinner, the captain of the boat came for my luggage with a sailor.
Towards evening two sailors came after the rest of the luggage, and thanking my hostess I told Leah to put up my linen, and to give it to her father, who had taken the box of which I was to be the bearer down to the vessel.
At Pampeluna a man named Andrea Capello took charge of me and my luggage, and we set out for Madrid.
Then she rang the bell for the minions and went downstairs to see if Bert and Cec had arrived to carry the luggage.
When we returned to the inn, the landlord informed us that the chevalier had left the city on horseback, as fast as he could gallop, and that a small traveling-bag was all his luggage.
The Deves, who had done nothing to help with the luggage, and both bestrode one of the animals, uttered a call which blended both of their voices.
Underneath the trees a few yards away from the little station we found a bullock-cart, which the Russels had sent for my luggage, and a doolie for myself.
Notwithstanding we thus restricted ourselves, and even loaded the carioles with part of the luggage, instead of embarking in them ourselves, we did not set out without considerable grumbling from the voyagers of both Companies, respecting the overlading of their dogs.
Sonterra tossed my luggage into the back of the Escalade and handed me my cell phone, charger and all.
Instead, as I recovered my senses, I realized the driver had placed my luggage outside the taxi and was standing holding the passenger door open, not, I hasten to add, in any spirit of flunkeydom but merely to expedite my exit.