baggage
Example Sentences
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Kitty has a lot of baggage, including the area’s most famous criminal for a father, but Beth, who enlists her for the band, will help her unload it.
From Los Angeles Times
It was on about our fifth stroll past the doorway of the Philadelphia train depot when Mrs. Maroney finally stepped out, accompanied by a porter toting her baggage.
From Literature
“We’re not an entity that has worked in Gaza before, so we didn’t have this background, this baggage, that maybe could have affected things.”
"The baggage that might have been there for a previous generation might not be there for them. There's so much to play for throughout the next three days."
From BBC
The first time she landed there after a work trip, she asked someone to direct her to baggage claim.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
