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

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

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 Project Gutenberg

I don’t know; p’raps it’s lying at the left-luggage office in London.

From Project Gutenberg

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 Project Gutenberg