vanity case

noun

1. a small luggage bag or case for holding cosmetics or toiletries.

Word History and Origins

Origin of vanity case¹

First recorded in 1900–05

Example Sentences

Ella pointed at the vanity case, where a wax copy of her mother's hands sat.

From Literature

Other items being sold include a silver plate looted from Napoleon's carriage after his 1815 defeat at Waterloo and a wooden vanity case he owned, with razors, a silver toothbrush, scissors and other belongings.

From BBC

It was “wrapped in plastic and concealed in the lining of a vanity case.”

From Washington Times

She took out her vanity case and began powdering her nose.

From Literature

But one installation in particular provoked some Muslim schoolteachers from Belgium on a recent visit - a Louis Vuitton vanity case holding a mock bomb, creation of U.S. artist Gregory Green.

From Washington Times