carryall

¹

[ kar-ee-awl ]

noun

1. a large bag, basket, etc., especially a large, lightweight piece of luggage with soft sides.

carryall

²

[ kar-ee-awl ]

noun

1. a four-wheeled covered carriage having seats for four persons, usually drawn by one horse.
2. a passenger automobile or bus having two facing benches running the length of the body.

carryall

¹

/ ˈkærɪˌɔːl /

noun

1. a light four-wheeled horse-drawn carriage usually designed to carry four passengers

carryall

²

/ ˈkærɪˌɔːl /

noun

1. a large strong bag with handles Also called (in Britain and certain other countries)holdall

Word History and Origins

Origin of carryall¹

First recorded in 1830–40; noun use of verb phrase carry all

Origin of carryall²

1705–15, Americanism; alteration of cariole by folk etymology

Example Sentences

She reaches into the large canvas carryall at her feet to pull out a plastic pouch of urine, which is connected under her loose cotton shift by a long tube to a stoma in her abdomen.

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The goofiest of these portmanteaus, and one of the more enduring, involved the carryall.

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Luckily, she happened to be sitting next to Jean-Louis Dumas, then the executive chairman of Hermès, and somewhere over the English Channel, the two came up with the design for her now-iconic namesake carryall, which they sketched out together while on board.

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The popular carryall became a fixture of countless mid-aughts paparazzi photos, hanging from the spindly forearms of starlets who wore low-rise jeans and accessorized with Starbucks cups.

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Preparation is key, and the first step toward having a solid evacuation plan is packing a “go-bag” — a carryall filled with all the gear you need to get through a few days at an emergency shelter or another location.

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Related Words

• backpack
• briefcase
• gear
• handbag
• kit
• pack
• packet
• pocket
• pouch
• purse
• sack
• suitcase