Saratoga trunk
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of Saratoga trunk
1855–60, named after Saratoga Springs
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"You'd rather go down town, and be all the afternoon buying a shoe string, than get a Saratoga trunk full of nuts; but you'll want some of mine this winter."
From Six Girls A Home Story by Frank T. (Frank Thayer) Merrill
And the man, grumbling with even greater fervour, and looking contemptuously from the money in his hand to the Saratoga trunk, and back again from the one to the other, at last consented to withdraw.
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 4 (of 25) by Robert Louis Stevenson
Their modus operandi is as follows: They travel with a large Saratoga trunk, which is really well stocked with linen and clothing.
From The Secrets of the Great City by James Dabney McCabe
The last day of school he always went home and found the house smelling trunky and Mother with piles of clothes folded on all the chairs, packing a Saratoga trunk.
From Rough-Hewn by Dorothy Canfield
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 William Archer
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