overnight bag

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noun

a travel bag large enough to hold personal articles and clothing for an overnight trip.

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Also called overnight case .

Origin of overnight bag

First recorded in 1920–25

When Larry was at the airport to fly home, a security guard looked at the spectral image of his overnight bag and asked if he’d forgotten that he’d had packed his gun.
When is a gun not a gun? When it’s actually a beer tap.|John Kelly|October 27, 2021|Washington Post
Either vehicle will do, though, if you’re itching to toss in a few overnight bags to simply get away from it all.
Smart rides for trying times|Joe Phillips|May 21, 2021|Washington Blade
Sawyer’s family packed their coolers with food and their overnight bags for a long weekend of short supervised visits in the Lee County prison yard and nights in a budget motel, trying to keep close ties with him while he was locked up.
Could D.C. statehood reach all the way into the prison system?|Petula Dvorak|March 25, 2021|Washington Post
I remember all our music appeared on Spotify overnight, without anybody asking us.
Belle & Sebastian Aren’t So Shy Anymore|James Joiner|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST

The quandary of whether to freeze eggs or not could become irrelevant overnight.
Men Will Someday Have Kids Without Women|Samantha Allen|January 3, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Antoine himself had recently been arrested on a six-year-old warrant for a dime bag of weed.
Ground Zero of the NYPD Slowdown|Batya Ungar-Sargon|January 1, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Elle magazine shot an editorial in September, one picture revealing a teacup pig sitting pretty by a mini Tyler Alexandra bag.
Handbags: The More You Pay, The Smaller They Shrink|Elizabeth Landers|December 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST
It took 12 hours to rescue just 100 passengers overnight Sunday.
‘We’re Going to Die’: Survivors Recount Greek Ferry Fire Horror|Barbie Latza Nadeau|December 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Drone: the largest tube of a bag-pipe, giving forth a dull heavy tone.
Gulliver's Travels|Jonathan Swift
I shall only be away for six months; you know I have made up my mind to get rid of the whole bag of tricks.
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume I (of 3)|Charles James Wills
Thank you for nothing, Reginald; however, I shall certainly take a dip in the lucky-bag at the Castle.
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume I (of 3)|Charles James Wills
She stood looking at him as he danced around the bag, busily punching its rotund sides.
The Book of Anecdotes and Budget of Fun;|Various
"I think she'll pay your mother back to-morrow," said Hugh, remembering the fatness of the pink bag.
Rosemary in Search of a Father|C. N. Williamson