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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 heavy — plus '-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 hair — a fittingly painful image for anyone hauling a heavy case up a staircase.
- word origin
- From lug, meaning to drag with effort
- black wheels
- Wheeled suitcases only arrived in 1970
- airline odds
- Roughly 6 bags per 1,000 go astray
- unclaimed fate
- Lost bags get auctioned at an Alabama store
- oldest trunk
- Steamer trunks were built to survive shipwrecks
samsonite — world's largest luggage manufacturer, founded 1910, makes 1 in 4 suitcases sold globally
rimowa — german brand known for grooved polycarbonate cases, acquired by lvmh in 2016 for €765 million
away — direct-to-consumer luggage startup valued at $1.6 billion in 2023, known for aluminum-lined suitcases