suit-case

plural suit-cases

1. archaicArchaic form of suitcase.

   To my surprise, lower ten was already occupied—a suit-case projected from beneath, a pair of shoes stood on the floor, and from behind the curtains came the heavy, unmistakable breathing of deep sleep.

   1909, Mary Roberts Rinehart, “A Torn Telegram”, in The Man in Lower Ten, New York, N.Y.: Grosset & Dunlap, →OCLC, page 25

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   A tall young man came striding through the park along the path near which she sat. Behind him tagged a boy carrying a suit-case. […] The boy dropped the suit-case and stared at him with wondering, shrewd eyes.

   1906 April, O. Henry [pseudonym; William Sydney Porter], “By Courier”, in The Four Million, New York, N.Y.: McClure, Phillips & Co, →OCLC, pages 232–233

   A maid stood at the door, ready to receive him and his suit-case from the chauffeur. The large hall had a Turkey carpet, a soft and very comfortable carpet like everything else in the house of Bartholomew Stretton. The maid, setting down the suit-case, took Beal’s hat, scarf and coat.

   1923, Warwick Deeping, “John Stretton”, in The Secret Sanctuary (The Scherz Phoenix Books), Berne: Alfred Scherz Publishers, published 1945, →OCLC, pages 26–27