Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A small piece of hand luggage.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A receptacle for travelers' use for clothes and articles of toilet.
- noun Milit., a cylindrical portmanteau of leather, about 18 inches long, placed on the saddle of each off horse of an artillery-carriage, and containing the. smaller articles of the driver's personal equipment.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A small sack or case, usually of leather, but sometimes of other material, for containing the clothes, toilet articles, etc., of a traveler; a traveling bag; a portmanteau.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A piece of hand luggage such as a suitcase or travelling bag.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a small overnight bag for short trips
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Philipson, “is the loan of a mule to carry my valise, which is packed up with your baggage.”
Anne of Geierstein 2008
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As the bell ceases its clanging on reaching the platform, he seems to pull his cap down purposely, and otherwise to gather himself into the plushy depths of his warm furs, he hires the first cabman that accosts him, shoves in his heavy valise, which is all the baggage he has, and in a gruff sort of voice, orders to be driven to the "Albion Hotel."
Honor Edgeworth Ottawa's Present Tense [pseud.] Vera
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His pockets were filled with silver quarters, half-dollars, and dollars almost to a burdensome point, and in his valise was a bag full of smaller change, including many rolls of copper cents which Alice always counted and packed up on Mondays.
The Damnation of Theron Ware Harold Frederic 1877
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Having come into possession of a little valise which is not mine, I am getting rid of it in the following manner.
Crooked Trails and Straight William MacLeod Raine 1912
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His companion's attention, however, was devoted so earnestly to the big black "valise," that he couldn't have told, for the life of him, whether the customers were young or old, black or white.
Anderson Crow, Detective George Barr McCutcheon 1897
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The former was carrying a square black "valise," inadequately described by
Anderson Crow, Detective George Barr McCutcheon 1897
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Suddenly Diaz dismounted, and picked up off the sand a dark object; it was a kind of valise, which Diaz at once recognised as belonging to
Wood Rangers The Trappers of Sonora Mayne Reid 1850
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I came, you know, with just a little valise, meaning to stay for a fortnight, and yet I've now been here for nearly three months, and am no more advanced than I was on the morning of my arrival. "
The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete Lourdes, Rome and Paris ��mile Zola 1871
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I came, you know, with just a little valise, meaning to stay for a fortnight, and yet I've now been here for nearly three months, and am no more advanced than I was on the morning of my arrival. "
The Three Cities Trilogy: Rome, Complete ��mile Zola 1871
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"Abraham Lincoln" stepped from the gray Toyota minivan outside the Baltimore train station Wednesday, grabbed his carpetbag and leather valise and put on his stovepipe hat.
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"They take my valise and herd me toward their running car." Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen
October 17, 2010