Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A container for holding or carrying miscellaneous items, especially a traveling case or bag.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A portable bag or case used in traveling, etc., for holding miscellaneous articles.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun a capacious bag or basket.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A large
bag for carrying things whilsttravelling . - noun figuratively A book or similar printed work containing a wide variety of information. Compare to
omnibus ,encyclopedia .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a capacious bag or basket
Etymologies
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Examples
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Toxicology tests on man found dead in holdall in London flat come back negative
MI6 spy Gareth Williams had no trace of drugs or poison in body Owen Bowcott 2010
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Pages were missing from the Filofax belonging to the victim and clothes had been put into a holdall, the court heard.
What price a trans woman’s life? In 1997 in London it was £500 2009
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The holdall is due to be reissued soon, but the company says it will not give an advance indication of the price.
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He was, with Hunt, examining a cylindrical stasis module the size of a holdall.
Star Trek The Next Generation® David A. McIntee 2011
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The Alto holdall photographed with Angelina Jolie in Cambodia for a new Louis Vuitton advertisement appears originally to have cost in the region of £850-£950, having belonged to the actor for several years.
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He claimed to occupy a chair near the back door and possess one small holdall containing all his personal possessions!
Perverting The Course Of Everything « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2010
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I pray that she and our two children are OK, quickly pick my holdall off the carousel, nip to the bathroom to wipe my face, and call her back.
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The Alto holdall photographed with Angelina Jolie in Cambodia for a new Louis Vuitton advertisement appears originally to have cost in the region of £850-£950, having belonged to the actor for several years.
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He preferred to work in his rented room in Chiswick, visiting libraries around London with a large canvas holdall stuffed with papers, books, a crumpled jersey, raincoat, and a fresh loaf.
SuperCooperators Martin A. Nowak 2011
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The holdall is due to be reissued soon, but the company says it will not give an advance indication of the price.
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