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Saratoga trunk

–noun
a type of large traveling trunk used mainly by women during the 19th century.

Origin:
1855–60, Americanism; named after Saratoga Springs
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Saratoga trunk  
n.  A large traveling trunk having a rounded top.

[After Saratoga (Springs).]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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