Saratoga trunk
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of Saratoga trunk
1855–60, named after Saratoga Springs
Example Sentences
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I thought a Saratoga trunk had fallen in on me.
From The Little Colonel's Christmas Vacation by Barry, Etheldred B. (Etheldred Breeze)
Do not let the frogs and the lice of a corrupt printing-press jump and crawl into your Saratoga trunk or White Mountain valise.
From New Tabernacle Sermons by Talmage, T. De Witt (Thomas De Witt)
He sat down on Mrs. Lively's big Saratoga trunk to await developments.
From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. 12, No. 32, November, 1873 by Various
You will need a Saratoga trunk, if you keep on.”
From Black-Eyed Susan by Phillips, Ethel Calvert
The Saratoga trunk is not the best cornerstone for the home: so much we may take for granted.
From America To-day, Observations and Reflections by Archer, William
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