 3 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
baggage
noun
1: a case used to carry belongings when traveling [syn: {luggage}]
2: a worthless or immoral woman
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
baggage \bag"gage\ (b[a^]g"g[asl]j), noun [F. bagage, from OF.
bague bundle. In senses 6 and 7 cf. F. bagasse a prostitute.
See {Bag}, noun]
1. The clothes, tents, utensils, and provisions of an army.
Note: ''The term itself is made to apply chiefly to articles
of clothing and to small personal effects.'' --Farrow.
2. The trunks, valises, satchels, etc., which a traveler
carries with him on a journey; luggage.
The baronet's baggage on the roof of the coach.
--Thackeray.
We saw our baggage following below. --Johnson.
Note: The English usually call this {luggage}.
3. Purulent matter. [Obs.] --Barrough.
4. Trashy talk. [Obs.] --Ascham.
5. A man of bad character. [Obs.] --Holland.
6. A woman of loose morals; a prostitute.
A disreputable, daring, laughing, painted French
baggage. --Thackeray.
7. A romping, saucy girl. [Playful] --Goldsmith.
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
82 Moby Thesaurus words for "baggage":
Gladstone, Jezebel, apparatus, attache case, backpack, bad woman,
bag, bag and baggage, bandbox, bitch, briefcase, broad, cargo,
carpetbag, carryall, chippy, clitoromaniac, cocotte, consignment,
ditty bag, drab, duffel, duffel bag, dunnage, easy lay, easy woman,
flight bag, floozy, footlocker, frail sister, freight, freightage,
gear, goods, grip, grisette, handbag, harridan, haversack, holdall,
hussy, hysteromaniac, impedimenta, jade, kit, kit bag, knapsack,
lading, load, loose woman, luggage, nymphet, nympho, nymphomaniac,
outfit, overnight bag, pack, payload, pickup, portmanteau, quean,
rucksack, satchel, sea bag, shipment, slattern, slut, strumpet,
suitcase, tackle, tart, tote bag, tramp, traps, traveling bag,
trollop, trull, trunk, uteromaniac, wanton, wench, whore
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