luggage
[ luhg-ij ]
/ ˈlʌg ɪdʒ /
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noun
suitcases, trunks, etc.; baggage.
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How to use luggage in a sentence
And now he was sprawled and snoring majestically among his many luggages, like a sleeping lion.
Excuse Me!|Rupert HughesBut for a four-wheeler as takes families and their luggages, he's the very horse.
At the Back of the North Wind|George MacDonaldPeppino was present, but effaced himself by helping Carmelo with what he calls my “luggages.”
Castellinaria|Henry Festing Jones
British Dictionary definitions for luggage
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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