Saratoga trunk

noun

1. a type of large traveling trunk used mainly by women during the 19th century.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Saratoga trunk¹

1855–60, named after Saratoga Springs

Example Sentences

A receipt for Ettie’s 1945 donation indicates that along with the house, she sent a doll, complete with a Saratoga trunk and trousseau; and Carrie shows up, in a reproduction of a portrait by Florine, as a glamorous flapper at a garden party.

From New York Times

“Saratoga,” a short-lived 1959 show by Johnny Mercer and Harold Arlen, drew on her 1941 “Saratoga Trunk.”

From New York Times

You will need a Saratoga trunk, if you keep on.”

From Project Gutenberg

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 Project Gutenberg

The Saratoga Trunk Mystery.—A lady is put into a bag and locked in a trunk, on top of which a gentleman takes a seat.

From Project Gutenberg