: a portable case designed to hold a traveler's clothing and personal articles
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She packed her suitcases the night before she left.
it'll be much easier to carry a backpack than to lug that suitcase all over the place
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Be warned, though: make some extra room in your suitcase for souvenirs, because this little city has a whole lot to offer.
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Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 13 Nov. 2024
In 2015, the Saudi prince Abdel Mohsen bin Walid bin Abdulaziz was arrested, along with four other Saudis, at Beirut’s airport after attempting to load forty suitcases filled with captagon, and a little cocaine, onto a private plane bound for Riyadh.
—Ed Caesar, The New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2024
The waitress eventually flees, carrying a large suitcase.
—Isabela Raygoza, Billboard, 30 Oct. 2024
Choose the right suitcase Pack wine or spirits in a hard-sided spinning suitcase rather than a soft-sided bag or duffel—the more durable the better.
—Matt Ortile, Condé Nast Traveler, 24 Oct. 2024
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Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 13 Nov. 2024
In 2015, the Saudi prince Abdel Mohsen bin Walid bin Abdulaziz was arrested, along with four other Saudis, at Beirut’s airport after attempting to load forty suitcases filled with captagon, and a little cocaine, onto a private plane bound for Riyadh.
—Ed Caesar, The New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2024
The waitress eventually flees, carrying a large suitcase.
—Isabela Raygoza, Billboard, 30 Oct. 2024
Choose the right suitcase Pack wine or spirits in a hard-sided spinning suitcase rather than a soft-sided bag or duffel—the more durable the better.
—Matt Ortile, Condé Nast Traveler, 24 Oct. 2024
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“Suitcase.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/suitcase. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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suitcase
noun
suit·case
ˈsüt-ˌkās 
: a portable case designed to hold a traveler's clothing and personal articles
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