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/bˈægədʒ/ /bˈægɪdʒ/ Listen

noun

baggage n.

The clothes, tents, utensils, and provisions of an army. Note: "The term itself is made to apply chiefly to articles of clothing and to small personal effects."

The trunks, valises, satchels, etc., which a traveler carries with him on a journey; luggage. "The baronet's baggage on the roof of the coach." "We saw our baggage following below." Note: The English usually call this luggage.

Purulent matter. (Obs.)

Trashy talk. (Obs.)

A man of bad character. (Obs.)

A woman of loose morals; a prostitute. "A disreputable, daring, laughing, painted French baggage."

A romping, saucy girl. (Playful)

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"Baggage" Quotes from Famous Books

... he said; "she'll be at her full in half an hour. Do your dooty, mother, for we must be out of this, bag and baggage, in ...

— Polly - A New-Fashioned Girl • L. T. Meade

... houses in ruins. Even the neighbourhood of Paris showed everywhere marks of desolation and conflagration. The streets are deserted, the roads overgrown with weeds, the whole is a vast solitude." The utter desolation forced Edward to carry with him an immense train of provisions, and thousands of baggage waggons with mills, ovens, forges, and fishing-boats, formed a long train which streamed for six miles behind his army. After a fruitless attempt upon Reims he forced the Duke of Burgundy to conclude a treaty with him by pushing forward to Tonnerre, and then ...

— History of the English People, Volume II (of 8) - The Charter, 1216-1307; The Parliament, 1307-1400 • John Richard Green

... Treasury, in pursuance of a proclamation of the President, issued certain regulations restricting and for a time prohibiting the importation of rags and the admission of baggage of immigrants and of travelers arriving from infected quarters. Lest this course may have been without strict warrant of law, I approve the recommendation of the present Secretary that the Congress take ...

— State of the Union Addresses of Chester A. Arthur • Chester A. Arthur

... prophet France has produced since Voltaire;—and if our accident was caused by an overruling Providence, the company, according to the very law of its existence, was not responsible. To be sure, we did not see how an overruling Providence was to blame for loading upon our diligence the baggage of two diligences, or for the clumsiness of our driver; but on the other hand, it is certain that the company did not make it rain or cause the inundation. And, in fine, although we could not have travelled by railway, we were masters to have taken ...

— Italian Journeys • William Dean Howells

... says. 'The only way that dog goes a mile in forty is in the baggage coach ahead. I'm in a hurry! Here's a hundred fur the pup. Don't break a leg gettin' ...

— Blister Jones • John Taintor Foote

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