traveling bag

American  

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of traveling bag

First recorded in 1830–40

Example Sentences

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

Six of the bags were tweed covered, to match tweed skirts; the seventh was a beige traveling bag, lined with oil silk.

From Time Magazine Archive

She quickly kneeled on the ground and reached in her traveling bag for the two borrowed lines.

From "Where the Mountain Meets the Moon" by Grace Lin