suitcase

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Etymology

From suit +‎ case.

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Noun

suitcase (plural suitcases)

  1. A large (usually rectangular) piece of luggage used for carrying clothes, and sometimes suits, when travelling.
    My suitcase is stowed in the luggage rack.
    • 2014, Edith Pearlman, Honeydew:
      A stocky cabwoman removed a large wheeled suitcase.
    • 2022 November 30, Paul Bigland, “Destination Oban: a Sunday in Scotland”, in RAIL, number 971, page 77:
      Many seats carry reservation labels, while the luggage racks are festooned with backpacks and suitcases.
  2. (computing) In the Classic Mac OS operating system, a file containing fonts, icons, sounds, and other resources.

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Verb

suitcase (third-person singular simple present suitcases, present participle suitcasing, simple past and past participle suitcased)

  1. To trade using samples in a suitcase.
  2. (prison slang) To smuggle in one's rectum.

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