steamer trunk
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of steamer trunk
First recorded in 1890–95
Example Sentences
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Sporting what they regard as a face “the color of boiled turnips,” he is first discovered sitting on a steamer trunk in the hall, ripe to be menaced by the family’s dogs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 1, 2026
At first, she is welcomed there, but the unbearable secrets of her past — symbolized by the mysterious steamer trunk she lugs with her — threaten her new life.
From New York Times ● Mar. 1, 2023
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
A year ago, the hotel and other Cerro Gordo structures were explored in an episode of the TV show Ghost Adventures that focused on two children who died after being trapped in a steamer trunk.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 21, 2020
She remembers hiding in a steamer trunk with a little white girl while Yankee soldiers stomped through the house.
From "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett
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