Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
- n. A usually rectangular piece of luggage for carrying clothing.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
- n. large (usually rectangular) piece of luggage used for carrying clothes, and sometimes suits, when travelling
- v. to trade using samples in a suitcase
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A flat valise, light enough to be carried by hand, originally intended to contain a gentleman's evening clothes or ‘dress-suit.’ Also called a dress-suit case.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- n. a portable rectangular container for carrying clothes
Etymologies
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Examples
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Living out of a suitcase is her modus operandi, as she is usually on tour.
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Right now, I think the large size of the seal on his suitcase is a bit distracting.
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So between the dresses and the exercise clothes and the naughty nurse outfit (I'm just kidding! seriously!), the suitcase is already way full, and we haven't even talked about shoes yet.
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You should see the expression of the inspectors when they discover that inside my suitcase is a jar of peanut butter and also one or two loafs of my favorite bread.
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Mr. Griffith is judicious about what he puts in his suitcase, which is 20 inches long comfortably within airlines 'carry-on limits and made of black leather, a color he says won't "show dirt."
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He goes in and says look, she's -- she's -- she's -- I saw her take her suitcase, which is kind of funny, like the luggage she ended up in.
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Yon's suitcase, aka my suitcase, is indeed in the lost and found.
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Last month, U.S. prosecutors, investigating alleged Venezuelan agents operating in Florida, said that the money in the suitcase was a contribution from Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez to the presidential campaign of Argentina's leftist leader, Cristina Kirchner.
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My one fashion must that you will always find packed in my suitcase is a pair of black pants that go with anything.
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Luckily, my clothes weren't ruined, but the suitcase is a goner.
bilby commented on the word suitcase
I said nothing
to the woman I loved
but gathered
love's adjectives into a suitcase
and fled from all languages.
- Nizar Qabbani, 'Language'.
October 10, 2008