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luggage

/ˈlʌɡɪd͡ʒ/ noun B1
  1. The bags and other containers that hold a traveller's belongings. (uncountable) · August 4, 1726, Jonathan Swift, letter to Alexander Pope I am gathering up my luggage, and preparing for my journey.
  2. The contents of such containers. (uncountable)

Plural luggages

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You will dispatch whatever luggage you intend to take by a trusty messenger unaddressed to Victoria to-night.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, p. 113 · B2
My luggage was waiting for me, and I had no difficulty in finding the carriage which Holmes had indicated, the less so as it was the only one in the train which was marked “Engaged.” My only source of anxiety now was the non-appearance of Holmes.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, p. 114 · B2
I spent a few minutes in assisting a venerable Italian priest, who was endeavouring to make a porter understand, in his broken English, that his luggage was to be booked through to Paris.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, p. 114 · B2
He will get on to Paris, mark down our luggage, and wait for two days at the depôt.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, p. 117 · B2

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