luggage

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   The bags and cases you carry your belongings in when travelling.

   We checked in our luggage and headed straight to the gate.

Common collocations

• luggage van Noun + noun

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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