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Luggage

//laˈɡeːd͡ʒ// noun

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Noun

1
The bags and other containers that hold a traveller's belongings. uncountable, usually
"August 4, 1726, Jonathan Swift, letter to Alexander Pope I am gathering up my luggage, and preparing for my journey."
2
cases used to carry belongings when traveling wordnet
3
The contents of such containers. uncountable, usually
4
A specific bag or container holding a traveller's belongings. countable, nonstandard, obsolete, usually
"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."

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.

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