steamer trunk
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of steamer trunk
First recorded in 1890–95
Example Sentences
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When Adelaide Henry sets out in 1915 to homestead on a bare-bones Montana acreage, she’s toting a loosely shackled steamer trunk that barely restrains a fitful demon.
From Washington Post • Mar. 28, 2023
He carried my antique steamer trunk up four flights of stairs when I moved to New York City on my 23rd birthday.
From Salon • Aug. 27, 2022
During their three-year courtship, the pair exchanged hundreds of letters, which my grandfather saved in a beat-up steamer trunk that serves as our family archives.
From Slate • May 16, 2020
She rummages through the layers of Victorian society as if through an old steamer trunk, pulling up all variety of treasures, like pythons and heads in hatboxes.
From New York Times • Mar. 13, 2020
When I was sick with the mumps, once in the winter, my mother found one at the bottom of her steamer trunk.
From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood
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