valise
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Traveling across the ocean and over mountains, he uses the contents of his valise to feed himself, stay warm, unlock a cage, pacify a sharp-toothed ogre and find valuable treasure.
From New York Times ● Dec. 3, 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
It is weirdly classy, like a valise or an upmarket clutch.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 1, 2017
At 21 she fled to London with a handful of records in her valise and has been an expat ever since.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2015
Her valise was full to bursting, and her eyes were everywhere, so I don’t know if she sported Grandma at first.
From "A Long Way from Chicago" by Richard Peck
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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
And those new petite valises and green hatboxes ....
From New York Times ● Mar. 8, 2012
“Your valises have been moved, Monsieur, to the compartment No. 1, the compartment of M. Bouc.”
From "Murder on the Orient Express" by Agatha Christie
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