left-luggage office

[ left-luhg-ij ]

/ ˈlɛftˈlʌg ɪdʒ /

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noun British.

a checkroom for baggage.

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Origin of left-luggage office

First recorded in 1885–90

Words nearby left-luggage office

left-handed compliment, left-hander, left holding the bag, leftist, left-laid, left-luggage office, left-of-center, left out, leftover, leftward, leftwards

How to use left-luggage office in a sentence

And says he, 'I think I'll pit them in the left luggage office till we get the express cleared.'
Cleg Kelly, Arab of the City|S. R. (Samuel Rutherford) Crockett
Then he ordered all out of the left-luggage office, except Duncan Urquhart and the station master's wife, a quiet motherly woman.
Cleg Kelly, Arab of the City|S. R. (Samuel Rutherford) Crockett

British Dictionary definitions for left-luggage office

left-luggage office

noun

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

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