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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A bag or wallet, usually of leather, for carrying necessaries on a journey: sometimes provided with a special set of toilet articles, and then known in the trade as a fitted bag.

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Examples

  • Mrs. Lecount took from her traveling-bag the written evidence to which she had just alluded, and carefully placed the papers on one side of him, within easy reach, if he wished to refer to them.

    No Name 2003

  • She gave orders for the other horses to be put in the carriage, and packed in a traveling-bag the things needed for a few days.

    Anna Karenina 2003

  • As she locked her traveling-bag Noel Vanstone rang the bell.

    No Name 2003

  • Roused by this consideration, she produced her traveling-bag from a corner, as soon as the last of the servants had entered the room; and seating herself at the end of the table opposite Noel Vanstone, looked at him for a moment, with a steady, investigating attention.

    No Name 2003

  • “Oblige me, sir, by holding one side of my traveling-bag,” she resumed, “while I open it and take something out.”

    No Name 2003

  • Mrs. Lecount folded up her papers and hung her traveling-bag over her arm in contemptuous silence.

    No Name 2003

  • She opened her traveling-bag for the last time, and pausing for

    No Name 2003

  • The young girl took it, after placing by her side a modest traveling-bag of red leather, which seemed to constitute all her luggage.

    Michael Strogoff 2003

  • Mrs. Lecount composedly opened the traveling-bag and took out her smelling bottle, in case of emergency.

    No Name 2003

  • While the writing materials were in process of collection, Mrs. Lecount made a new demand on the resources of her traveling-bag.

    No Name 2003

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