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Vinony

luggage

noun

  1. cases or container for storing traveler's items
  2. baggage a passenger brings with them, railroad term
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈlʌɡ.ɪdʒ/ / /ləˈɡeːdʒ/ / /ˈləɡ.ɡeːdʒ/

noun

Etymology: 1590s, lug (“to drag”) + -age, literally “that which is lugged, dragged around”. Duplicate -g- is to clarify pronunciation of the vowel ‘u’ (which is pronounced unchanged from lug). Compare baggage.

  1. The bags and other containers that hold a traveller's belongings.

    “August 4, 1726, Jonathan Swift, letter to Alexander Pope I am gathering up my luggage, and preparing for my journey.”

  2. The contents of such containers.
  3. A specific bag or container holding a traveller's belongings.

    “I assisted some time ago in cutting up a tree, that made tolerably good turns or luggage for nineteen or twenty persons, which could be procured for about two dollars at the stump.”

    “The passengers injured who could not get out were removed out by the railway staff, and then taking part of the luggage the train started back for Burdwan.”