luggage
Americannoun
noun
Other Word Forms
- luggageless adjective
Etymology
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Baggage handlers loaded the box onto the bed of a truck like a piece of lost luggage.
From Barron's
She said: "If you are that person who took someone else's luggage off the train between London and Kemble, please can you return it to the nearest station? I'd really much appreciate that."
From BBC
He also had to buy clothes while his luggage remained elsewhere, and had to pay for a hotel in Managua because his original lodging plans fell through due to the mix-up.
From Los Angeles Times
“She said there wasn’t enough space for all the luggage and Mavis’s pineapple,” Dad says.
From Literature
"There were some irregularities in the X-ray scan of the checked luggage so the authorities checked it," the department said.
From Barron's
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