1
: suitcases, trunks, and personal belongings of travelers : luggage
2
: transportable equipment especially of a military force
3
: intangible things (such as feelings, circumstances, or beliefs) that get in the way
emotional baggage
1
dated
: a contemptible or disreputable woman
"I can buy her off. If she took money from him—the mercenary, painted baggage!—why, then, she'll take it from me."—
Edward Bulwer-Lytton
Edward Bulwer-Lytton2
dated
: a young woman
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Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 24 Feb. 2025
That includes screening passengers and baggage at 450 airports across the country for security purposes.
—Joey Garrison, USA TODAY, 21 Feb. 2025
Party offers a lack of baggage, a deeper vocal flexibility, and a boon of harmonies, pushing a wider palette of sounds and ideas where possible.
—Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 18 Feb. 2025
But for Walton Goggins, joining Season 3 of The White Lotus came with unseen baggage.
—Charlie Campbell / Koh Samui, TIME, 14 Feb. 2025
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Noun
This, in Redick’s mind, would be the signal, the sign that the emotional baggage Doncic has carried since having his life and career upended via a shocking trade was lessening.
—Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 24 Feb. 2025
That includes screening passengers and baggage at 450 airports across the country for security purposes.
—Joey Garrison, USA TODAY, 21 Feb. 2025
Party offers a lack of baggage, a deeper vocal flexibility, and a boon of harmonies, pushing a wider palette of sounds and ideas where possible.
—Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 18 Feb. 2025
But for Walton Goggins, joining Season 3 of The White Lotus came with unseen baggage.
—Charlie Campbell / Koh Samui, TIME, 14 Feb. 2025
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“Baggage.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/baggage. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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