overnight bag
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of overnight bag
First recorded in 1920–25
Example Sentences
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We'd been planning to spend a day reporting from there, but packed a small overnight bag when we heard the Syrians had abandoned their side.
From BBC ● Dec. 8, 2024
Bundled in rain gear and eager to get back to their island before a downpour hit the launch, the two quickly embarked me and my overnight bag for the trip to the island.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 11, 2024
The Hyundai’s front truck is also comically small, whereas the Mach-E’s is large enough to squeeze in an overnight bag or small carry-on.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 5, 2023
One of the first nights he stayed over, he brought his overnight bag, a toothbrush and a vacuum-sealed bag of duck prosciutto he had dry cured.
From Salon ● Feb. 12, 2023
He was in the closet, where he was looking for the overnight bag that his mother had bought for him for a disastrous one-day stay at a boys’ camp when he was eleven.
From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole
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