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suitcase

[ soot-keys ]

noun

  1. a usually rectangular piece of luggage especially for carrying clothes while traveling.


suitcase

/ ˈsjuËt-; ˈsuËtËŒkeɪs /

noun

  1. a portable rectangular travelling case, usually stiffened, for carrying clothing, etc
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of suitcase1

First recorded in 1900–05; suit + case 2
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Idioms and Phrases

see live out (of a suitcase) .
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Tammy said that some years later she confronted Booth after finding a suitcase which contained sex toys and women's underwear.

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Parts of the scientist's dismembered body were found in a suitcase dumped in a stream.

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You are always travelling, you are constantly living out of a suitcase.

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One of the most significant documents appears to give an account of tests carried out on bombs hidden in suitcases, just weeks before the attack on Pan Am Flight 103.

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Drenched in a cold and sudden sweat, I grabbed our family’s passports, a baby album, my vintage Levi’s — tossing them all into a large silver suitcase.

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