baggage
baggage is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 6 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.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. Thackeray. We saw our baggage following below. Johnson. Note: The English usually call this luggage.
- 2.Purulent matter. [Obs.] Barrough.
- 3.Trashy talk. [Obs.] Ascham.
- 4.A man of bad character. [Obs.] Holland.
- 5.A woman of loose morals; a prostitute. A disreputable, daring, laughing, painted French baggage. Thackeray.
- 6.A romping, saucy girl. [Playful] Goldsmith.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- adobe
- ammunition
- and
- arms
- brick
- brown
- calico
- cambric
- cashmere
- cement
- clapboard
- clay
- compo
- composition
- concrete
- crockery
- daubing
- food
- fuel
- grist
- household
- material
- metal
- mortar
- munition
- ore
- pabulum
- personal
- property
- puncheon
- raw
- reenforcement
- reinforcement
- relay
- shake
- shingle
- staple
- stock
- stone
- stuff
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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