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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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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Baggage" Quotes from Famous Books

... critical campaign below Vicksburg: "General Grant did not take with him the trappings and paraphernalia so common to many military men. As all depended on celerity of movement it was important to be encumbered with as little baggage as possible. General Grant took with him neither a horse nor an orderly nor a servant nor a camp-chest nor an overcoat nor a blanket nor even a clean shirt. His entire baggage for six days—I was with him at the time—was a tooth-brush. ...

— Twenty Years of Congress, Vol. 1 (of 2) • James Gillespie Blaine

... road, intending to take advantage of a military body of which he had information. Ere long a sound of horses was heard; they were immediately on the alert, and succeeded in arresting a French escort of seven soldiers on foot, and the same number on horseback, conducting the baggage-wagon of a French colonel of the line. It contained all his effects, and money to a large amount. Upon the first fire of Spatolino's band, five of the soldiers were killed, and three desperately wounded; he then threw himself amongst the others, who were placed on the defence, and who had expended ...

— The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction, Vol. 10, - Issue 282, November 10, 1827 • Various

... baggage to speak of,' said Bell, loftily. 'Papa has cut us down to the very last notch, and says the law allows very few ...

— A Summer in a Canyon: A California Story • Kate Douglas Wiggin

... for you, and at that surprising judgment ye shall skirl but the ae time!" Shortly thereafter she was daundering on the craigs wi' twa-three sodgers, and it was a blawy day. There cam a gowst of wind, claught her by the coats, and awa' wi' her, bag and baggage. And it was remarkit by the sodgers that she gied but the ...

— The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 11 (of 25) • Robert Louis Stevenson

... accommodate us; but not finding my servant and lame seaman who should have arrived the day before, we walked half a league to the habitation of M. de Chazal, a friend of M. Pitot who had the goodness to send out my baggage. Next morning we returned, and my abode was fixed in one of two little pavilions detached from the house, the other being appropriated to my two men; and M. Pitot having brought me acquainted with a family resident on an adjoining plantation, and made some inquiries and ...

— A Voyage to Terra Australis Volume 2 • Matthew Flinders

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