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baggage

[bag-ij]

noun

  1. trunks, suitcases, etc., used in traveling; luggage.

  2. the portable equipment of an army.

  3. things that encumber one's freedom, progress, development, or adaptability; impediments.

    intellectual baggage that keeps one from thinking clearly; neurotic conflicts that arise from struggling with too much emotional baggage.

  4. Archaic.

    1. a worthless woman.

    2. a prostitute or disreputable woman.

    3. Often Disparaging.a pert, playful young woman or girl.

      a pretty baggage; a saucy baggage.



baggage

/ ˈæɡɪ /

noun

    1. suitcases, bags, etc, packed for a journey; luggage

    2. ( as modifier )

      baggage car

  1. an army's portable equipment

  2. informal

    1. a pert young woman

    2. an immoral woman or prostitute

  3. informala cantankerous old woman

  4. informalprevious knowledge and experience that a person may use or be influenced by in new circumstances

    cultural baggage

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of baggage1

1400–50; late Middle English bagage < Middle French, equivalent to Old French bag ( ues ) bundles, packs (perhaps < Old Norse; bag ) + -age -age
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of baggage1

C15: from Old French bagage , from bague a bundle, perhaps of Scandinavian origin; compare Old Norse baggi bag
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So to nearly split the popular vote with all that baggage is notable.

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Determined to avoid baggage fees for his holiday to Pisa, Benjamin Till trawled several different shops armed with a tape measure in search of the right suitcase.

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Fast forward to today, and US airlines alone made $7.27bn from check-in baggage fees last year, according to federal figures.

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The authority warned that there was a "serious increase" in such incidents, with many complaints about passengers grabbing overhead baggage before the plane has been parked.

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I explained that I was in fact very much in Madrid and waiting - endlessly, it seemed - to collect my checked luggage from the baggage belt.

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