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baggage
[bag-ij]
noun
trunks, suitcases, etc., used in traveling; luggage.
the portable equipment of an army.
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.
Archaic.
a worthless woman.
a prostitute or disreputable woman.
Often Disparaging.a pert, playful young woman or girl.
a pretty baggage; a saucy baggage.
baggage
/ ˈæɡɪ /
noun
suitcases, bags, etc, packed for a journey; luggage
( as modifier )
baggage car
an army's portable equipment
informal
a pert young woman
an immoral woman or prostitute
informala cantankerous old woman
informalprevious knowledge and experience that a person may use or be influenced by in new circumstances
cultural baggage
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of baggage1
Example Sentences
So to nearly split the popular vote with all that baggage is notable.
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.
Fast forward to today, and US airlines alone made $7.27bn from check-in baggage fees last year, according to federal figures.
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.
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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