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the loyal companion that follows you everywhere, then sprints to the wrong airport alone

means The bags, suitcases, and cases you pack your belongings into for travel.

from From the verb 'lug' — to drag or haul something heavyplus '-age,' the suffix that turns an action into a bundle of stuff (as in 'baggage'). So 'luggage' is, quite literally, 'the things you lug.' 'Lug' itself is an old word of Scandinavian flavor, possibly related to Swedish 'lugga,' to pull by the haira fittingly painful image for anyone hauling a heavy case up a staircase.

word originFrom lug, meaning to drag with effort
black wheelsWheeled suitcases only arrived in 1970
airline oddsRoughly 6 bags per 1,000 go astray
unclaimed fateLost bags get auctioned at an Alabama store
oldest trunkSteamer trunks were built to survive shipwrecks
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