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luggage

[ luhg-ij ]
/ ˈlʌg ɪdʒ /
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noun

suitcases, trunks, etc.; baggage.

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RELATED WORDS

baggage, paraphernalia, gear, trunk, case, impedimenta, valise, things, carry-on

Nearby words

  1. lugano,
  2. lugansk,
  3. lugar,
  4. luge,
  5. luger,
  6. luggage van,
  7. lugger,
  8. lugger topsail,
  9. luggie,
  10. lughnasadh

Origin of luggage

First recorded in 1590–1600; lug1 + -age
Related formslug·gage·less, adjective
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Examples from the Web for luggages

  • But for a four-wheeler as takes families and their luggages, he's the very horse.

    At the Back of the North Wind|George MacDonald

  • Peppino was present, but effaced himself by helping Carmelo with what he calls my “luggages.”

    Castellinaria|Henry Festing Jones
British Dictionary definitions for luggages

luggage

/ (ˈlʌɡɪdʒ) /

noun

suitcases, trunks, etc, containing personal belongings for a journey; baggage

Word Origin for luggage

C16: perhaps from lug 1, influenced in form by baggage
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Word Origin and History for luggages

luggage

n.

1590s, from lug (v.) "to drag" + -age; so, literally "what has to be lugged about" (or, in Johnson's definition, "any thing of more weight than value"). In 20c., the usual word for "baggage belonging to passengers."

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper