overnight bag
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of overnight bag
First recorded in 1920–25
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When Huskins turned up, police grew more suspicious, questioning how a kidnapping victim could reappear hundreds of miles away wearing sunglasses and carrying an overnight bag.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 30, 2024
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
On the day of sentencing, with her lawyers telling her to pack an overnight bag, Mrs Thompson arrived at court just as her daughter had gone into labour.
From BBC ● Feb. 21, 2022
The accessories were never exaggerated, even when tripled: Bucket hat, cross-body bag and overnight bag aligned in a perfect geometry.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 15, 2022
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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