bag and baggage

Idioms  

1. All of one's belongings, especially with reference to departing with them; completely, totally. For example, The day he quit his job, John walked out, bag and baggage. Originating in the 1400s, this phrase at first meant an army's property, and to march off bag and baggage meant that the departing army was not leaving anything behind for the enemy's use. By the late 1500s, it had been transferred to other belongings.

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At this revelation, Instructor Woodside's eavesdropping Munich hotelkeeper shouted: "There is no place for you in this hotel," threw him bag and baggage out of his room.

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I favor chartering a ship and loading the darlings on, bag and baggage.

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Guests no longer arrive bag and baggage via the railroad station, meat for the innkeeping Caesars.

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Britain's Sir Anthony Eden last week officially moved bag and baggage into the Prime Minister's residence.

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We arrived at the Misses Laurens, bag and baggage, at the appointed hour.

From Tripping with the Tucker Twins by Speed, Nell