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valise

[vuh-lees, -leez] / vəˈlis, -ˈliz /


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They characterize the Bureau as “an extended community of autodidacts and guessworkers caught up in language inquiry and the unguarded arts,” and “a valise fiction and portable literary service in the public domain.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2021

I am willing to accept, as settlement, as many $20 bills as can be crammed into a standard-size valise and mailed to my home.

From Washington Post ● Jul. 6, 2020

In winter he traveled to Florida to bring his valise of routines to the beachfront condominiums.

From New York Times ● Aug. 14, 2016

This he most emphatically proclaimed in his creation of the X, Y and Z Portfolios, a modern-day boîte en valise, after Duchamp, a “suitcase” of the artist’s most select wares.

From The Guardian ● Nov. 17, 2015

She took my valise and looked me up and down.

From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson

He and his wife have schlepped materials home by train, “five big valises recently from Prague.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 9, 2026

Models — male and female — strutted down the runway in leather cowboy hats, cowhide valises, and checkered denim jackets adorned with bull badges, their cowboy boots boasting shiny metal points.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 16, 2024

These valises are a reminder of how far Talley was able to travel from his childhood in Durham and how he did so with aplomb and self-regard.

From Washington Post ● Feb. 11, 2023

But do they need vacations, and if so do they pack their Hermès valises and head to the Bahamas?

From New York Times ● Apr. 17, 2010

“Well, Monsieur, do you not wish to see what my valises contain?”

From "Murder on the Orient Express" by Agatha Christie




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