luggage

Definition

The bags and other containers that hold a traveller's belongings.

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.

Example Sentences

• "August 4, 1726, Jonathan Swift, letter to Alexander Pope I am gathering up my luggage, and preparing for my journey."
• "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."
• "The passengers injured who could not get out were removed out by the railway staff, and then taking part of the luggage the train started back for Burdwan."