luggage - Definition from the TRANSPORT topic - TECHNOLOGY

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Topic: TRANSPORT

Date:	1500-1600
Origin:	LUG¹ + -age (as in baggage)

luggage
noun

lug‧gage

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[uncountable]

DLTT the cases, bags etc that you carry when you are travelling [= baggage American English]

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They searched his luggage for illegal drugs.

➔ hand luggage

Definition of luggage from the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English within
the topic TRANSPORT

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