left-luggage office

[ left-luhg-ij ]

noun

, British.

1. a checkroom for baggage.

left-luggage office

noun

1. a place at a railway station, airport, etc, where luggage may be left for a small charge with an attendant for safekeeping US and Canadian namecheckroom

Word History and Origins

Origin of left-luggage office¹

First recorded in 1885–90

Example Sentences

And says he, 'I think I'll pit them in the left luggage office till we get the express cleared.'

From Project Gutenberg

Then he ordered all out of the left-luggage office, except Duncan Urquhart and the station master's wife, a quiet motherly woman.

From Project Gutenberg