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luggage

noun
/ˈlʌɡɪd͡ʒ/UK/ləˈɡed͡ʒ/

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.

  1. derived from lugge
  2. inherited from luggen
  3. suffixed as luggage — “lug + age”

Definitions

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

    • August 4, 1726, Jonathan Swift, letter to Alexander Pope I am gathering up my luggage, and preparing for my journey.

  2. The contents of such containers.

  3. A specific bag or container holding a traveller's belongings.

    • 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.

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Derived

cabin luggage, carry-on luggage, checked luggage, hand luggage, hold luggage, left luggage, left-luggage office, luggage barrow, luggage car, luggage cart, luggaged, luggage hold, luggageless, luggage rack, luggage trolley, luggage van

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at luggage. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01luggage02belongings03belonging04owned05owner06ship07travels08travel

A definitional loop anchored at luggage. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

8 hops · closes at luggage

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA