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lug⋅gage

[luhg-ij]
–noun
suitcases, trunks, etc.; baggage.

Origin:
1590–1600; lug 1 + -age


lug⋅gage⋅less, adjective
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lug·gage   (lŭg'ĭj)   
n.  
  1. Containers for a traveler's belongings.

  2. The cases and belongings of a traveler.


[Probably lug2 + (bag)gage.]
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Word Origin & History

luggage 
1596, from lug (v.) "to drag;" so, lit. "what has to be lugged about" (or, in Johnson's definition, "any thing of more bulk than value"). In 20c., the usual word for "baggage belonging to passengers."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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