bag|gage

bag|gage
bag|gage «BAG ihj», noun.
1. the trunks, bags, or suitcases that a person takes with him when he travels; luggage.
2. the equipment that an army or an exploring party takes with it, such as tents, blankets, dishes, and cooking utensils.
3. Informal, Figurative. a burden of beliefs, theories, or characteristics, especially when excessive or superfluous: »

His chief political baggage…consisted of a violent anti-Americanism (Atlantic).

4. a young woman (used familiarly or playfully, especially with adjectives such as artful, cunning, sly, pert, saucy, or silly).
╂[< Old French bagage < bague pack, bundle, perhaps < Scandinavian (compare Old Icelandic baggi bag)]

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