Saratoga trunk

noun

1. a type of large traveling trunk used mainly by women during the 19th century.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Saratoga trunk¹

1855–60, Americanism; named after Saratoga Springs

Example Sentences

A receipt for Ettie’s 1945 donation indicates that along with the house, she sent a doll, complete with a Saratoga trunk and trousseau; and Carrie shows up, in a reproduction of a portrait by Florine, as a glamorous flapper at a garden party.

From New York Times

That December, Americans were reading Edna Ferber’s best-seller, “Saratoga Trunk,” at $2.50 a copy.

From Washington Times

That December, Americans were reading Edna Ferber’s best-seller, “Saratoga Trunk,” at $2.50 a copy.

From Seattle Times

“Saratoga,” a short-lived 1959 show by Johnny Mercer and Harold Arlen, drew on her 1941 “Saratoga Trunk.”

From New York Times

You will need a Saratoga trunk, if you keep on.”

From Project Gutenberg