left-luggage office

American  

[left-luhg-ij] / ˈlɛftˈlʌg ɪdʒ /

noun

British.

1. a checkroom for baggage.

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left-luggage office British  

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of left-luggage office

First recorded in 1885–90

Example Sentences

They were discovered in the left-luggage office at the city’s central station and contained crucial evidence linking the pair to the little girl.

From The Guardian • Oct. 2, 2018

Both thieves concealed the famous paintings for several years without being caught and both decided to return them: the Duke was deposited in the left-luggage office of New Street station in Birmingham.

From The Guardian • Aug. 5, 2011

After all, they arrived at the station with five minutes to spare, just long enough to book their excursion tickets and to leave their bicycles in the left-luggage office.

From The Jolliest Term on Record A Story of School Life by Brazil, Angela

The announcements placed in German alternatively with English over the booking office, left-luggage office, refreshment buffets, and so forth, the crowned eagle and monogram displayed on the post boxes, caught his eye in quick succession.

From When William Came by Saki

After a rapid farewell to the bagman, he found a porter and hustled his box out of the van in the direction of the left-luggage office.

From Huntingtower by Buchan, John