Luggage Definition
lŭgĭj
noun
Suitcases, valises, trunks, etc.; baggage.
Webster's New World
Containers for a traveler's belongings.
American Heritage
The cases and belongings of a traveler.
American Heritage
The contents of such containers.
Wiktionary
Origin of Luggage
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1590s, lug (“drag") +"Ž -age (“(noun)") - literally “that which is lugged, dragged around". Duplicate -g- is to clarify pronunciation of the vowel "˜u' (which is pronounced unchanged from lug). Compare baggage.
From Wiktionary
Probably lug (bag)gage
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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