steamer trunk
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of steamer trunk
First recorded in 1890–95
Example Sentences
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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
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
Our silverware has descended to the steamer trunk.
From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood
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