overnight bag

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of overnight bag¹

First recorded in 1920–25

Example Sentences

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.

From 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.

From 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.

From Washington Post