steamer trunk

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noun

a rectangular traveling trunk low enough to slide under a bunk on a ship.

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Origin of steamer trunk

First recorded in 1890–95

In December, he did his first trunk shows in Paris and New York.
The Photographer Who Gave Up Manhattan for Marrakech|Liza Foreman|January 6, 2015|DAILY BEAST
A declaration of candidacy signed by Cuomo was in the trunk of his car.
Mario Cuomo, a Frustrating Hero to Democrats, Is Dead at 82|Eleanor Clift|January 2, 2015|DAILY BEAST
One minute the script, the next a story about Ivor Novello's tailor or the Tahiti steamer schedule in the Thirties.
Alfred Hitchcock’s Fade to Black: The Great Director’s Final Days|David Freeman|December 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST
“I was a little nervous every time I took the camera out [of the trunk] that it would take me over,” he says.
From Fashion Player to Photographer Monk|Nina Strochlic|December 3, 2014|DAILY BEAST

The brainchild of a company called Sologic, the eTree looks like a basic tree with a wooden trunk.
Parks and Regeneration|The Daily Beast|November 3, 2014|DAILY BEAST
A few moments afterward he was seen dragging his own trunk ashore, while Mr. Hitchcock finished his story on the boiler deck.
The Book of Anecdotes and Budget of Fun;|Various
The day before the steamer reached Southampton, Mamma asked her if she would not like to see the ayah again.
Kipling Stories and Poems Every Child Should Know, Book II|Rudyard Kipling
Dinner was spread in the cabin of that peerless steamer, the New World, and a splendid company were assembled about the table.
The Book of Anecdotes and Budget of Fun;|Various
Robert assisted her into the hammock which swung from the post before her door out to the trunk of a tree.
The Awakening and Selected Short Stories|Kate Chopin
Vunce I seen a feller–I hat some snakes here in algohol–unt dat feller he trunk de algohol.
Alec Lloyd, Cowpuncher|Eleanor Gates