traveling bag

noun

1. a small bag, as a valise or suitcase, usually made of leather, having an oblong shape, and used chiefly to hold clothes.

Word History and Origins

Origin of traveling bag¹

First recorded in 1830–40

Example Sentences

He paid his modest account, took his traveling-bag, and started for the Vose line pier.

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Presently, after she had disappeared, he turned to the colored man who stood waiting, Bibbs's traveling-bag in his hand.

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And of course in a bunk flat as a pancake one does not look for a sizable traveling bag stuffed with all manner of things.

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Here in the gloom of early morning was the dark-faced woman claiming that her traveling bag had been taken.

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There, well flattened out beneath the blankets, lay a flexible leather traveling bag.

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