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Definition of Suitcase

1. Noun. A portable rectangular container for carrying clothes. "He carried his small bag onto the plane with him"

Definition of Suitcase

1. Noun. large (usually rectangular) piece of luggage used for carrying clothes, and sometimes suits, when travelling ¹

2. Verb. to trade using samples in a suitcase ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Suitcase

1. a flat, rectangular piece of luggage [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Suitcase

Literary usage of Suitcase

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Trucking to the Trenches: Letters from France, June-November 1917 by John Iden Kautz (1918)
"Tell the Impl to put some chewing-gum and chocolate in his suitcase, for he can't buy the former and the latter costs us thirty cents a cake for the small ..."

2. Vocabulary Centers by Jo Ellen Moore (2006)
"In My suitcase Small-Group Practice 1. Place the cards faceup. Have each student select a suitcase. (Some students may need to share.) 2. ..."

3. Report of the President's Commission on Aviation Security and Terrorism (1993)
"The bomb was inside a suitcase of an individual who purchased a ticket to Sri ... The suitcase contained one kilo of explosives and two detached detonators. ..."

4. Spanish/english Read& Understand, Grade 1 by Jill Norris (2005)
"Packing My suitcase blanket I dinosaur pj's pillow My book: Story Dictionary toothbrush teddy bear ^ socks I'm going to spend the night at Grandma's. ..."

5. Reports of Cases Decided in the Supreme Court of the State of Oregon by Oregon Supreme Court (1919)
"were in effect advised and they unquestionably understood that they were obliged to return a verdict of guilty if the suitcase contained whisky and if the ..."

6. Trucking to the Trenches: Letters from France, June-November 1917 by John Iden Kautz (1918)
"Tell the Impl to put some chewing-gum and chocolate in his suitcase, for he can't buy the former and the latter costs us thirty cents a cake for the small ..."

7. Vocabulary Centers by Jo Ellen Moore (2006)
"In My suitcase Small-Group Practice 1. Place the cards faceup. Have each student select a suitcase. (Some students may need to share.) 2. ..."

8. Report of the President's Commission on Aviation Security and Terrorism (1993)
"The bomb was inside a suitcase of an individual who purchased a ticket to Sri ... The suitcase contained one kilo of explosives and two detached detonators. ..."

9. Spanish/english Read& Understand, Grade 1 by Jill Norris (2005)
"Packing My suitcase blanket I dinosaur pj's pillow My book: Story Dictionary toothbrush teddy bear ^ socks I'm going to spend the night at Grandma's. ..."

10. Reports of Cases Decided in the Supreme Court of the State of Oregon by Oregon Supreme Court (1919)
"were in effect advised and they unquestionably understood that they were obliged to return a verdict of guilty if the suitcase contained whisky and if the ..."

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