car·ry-on

[kar-ee-on, -awn]
adjective
1.
of a size and shape suitable for being carried onto and stowed in the passenger compartment of an airplane: carry-on luggage.
noun
2.
a piece of carry-on luggage.

Origin:
1950–55; adj., noun use of verb phrase carry on

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