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footlocker

American  
[foot-lok-er] / ˈfʊtˌlɒk ər /

noun

footlockers plural
  1. a small trunk designed to be kept at the foot of a bed, especially to contain a soldier's personal effects.


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Etymology

Origin of footlocker

An Americanism dating back to 1940–45; foot + locker

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Urrea’s mother, Phyllis Irene McLaughlin de Urrea, had served in World War II as a volunteer with the American Red Cross and still possessed her Army-issued footlocker.

From Los Angeles Times May 24, 2023

The unarmed campus cop on guard duty when Whitman drove on campus could have checked his claim that the footlocker in his back seat contained equipment for the science building.

From Washington Post Jun. 3, 2022

Lombardi seeks to sue the Department of Corrections for negligence after he says his leg was cut on the sharp edge of a footlocker in his cell.

From Washington Times Feb. 25, 2020

When she was a child, Tammone found Glass’ footlocker from Hollywood and remembered analyzing her mother’s old greasepaint, the sticky makeup oily to the touch.

From Seattle Times Aug. 21, 2019

Just as Kelley’s friend opened his footlocker, the lieutenant walked into the room.

From "Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam" by Elizabeth Partridge

They sat on banquettes around the walls and used footlockers beneath them.

From Golf Digest Apr. 6, 2020

Here and there, the tidy rows were broken by the presence of much smaller coffins, some no larger than footlockers.

From New York Times May 28, 2014

Perched before them, catlike atop a pair of footlockers, Staff Sgt.

From New York Times Apr. 27, 2012

On election day, 94% of the more than 9,000,000 eligible voters trooped to South Korea's 6,342 polling places to mark their ballots with inked bamboo sticks and drop them into large boxes resembling footlockers.

From Time Magazine Archive

One of my first recollections of you was at a Company inspection in which all the footlockers were open for inspection.

From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote

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