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traveling bag

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noun

  1. a small bag, as a valise or suitcase, usually made of leather, having an oblong shape, and used chiefly to hold clothes.

Etymology

Origin of traveling bag

First recorded in 1830–40

Example Sentences

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I tried to turn them back by hitting them with my traveling bag but they were much more persistent than the dogs in our neighborhood.

From Slate • Oct. 19, 2021

Dharam Pal Singh arrived for an interview in New Delhi carrying his own traveling bag and a handbag.

From New York Times • Nov. 16, 2016

Clothes, too, though there was a bag Foster saved: The purple-and-gold UW traveling bag with Kaufman's No. 8 on the side and everything from shoulder pads to practice cleats inside.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 17, 2011

Prime Minister Gladstone, a busy traveler in his day, became a traveling bag.

From Time Magazine Archive

I gave her a traveling bag to take on her honeymoon.

From "Krik? Krak!" by Edwidge Danticat

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