steamer trunk
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of steamer trunk
First recorded in 1890–95
Example Sentences
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He left behind a massive steamer trunk full of manuscripts, many of which were attributed to artists not named Fernando Pessoa.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 30, 2026
He carried my antique steamer trunk up four flights of stairs when I moved to New York City on my 23rd birthday.
From Salon • Aug. 27, 2022
During their three-year courtship, the pair exchanged hundreds of letters, which my grandfather saved in a beat-up steamer trunk that serves as our family archives.
From Slate • May 16, 2020
It consisted of a steamer trunk, a portfolio, a briefcase and boxes of artwork that they had retrieved from her grandfather’s 143rd Street apartment after he died in 1997.
From New York Times • Mar. 7, 2018
He had brought them to the hospital in a steamer trunk.
From "Slaughterhouse-Five" by Kurt Vonnegut
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