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      baggage
      noun
      (uncountable) Portable cases, large bags, and similar equipment for manually carrying, pushing, or pulling personal items while traveling
      (uncountable, informal) Factors, especially psychological ones, which interfere with a person's ability to function effectively.
      (military, countable (obsolete) and uncountable) An army's portable equipment; its baggage train.
      (obsolete, countable, derogatory) A woman. Romeo and Juliet, 3.5. Lord Capulet to his daughter, Juliet. "Hang thee, young baggage, disobedient wretch! I tell thee what: get thee to church o’ Thursday, Or never after look me in the face. Speak not; reply not; do not answer me."
      Roots
      baguebagg- · Old French · bundle, pack-aticum-age · Latin · collective noun
      Synonyms for baggage
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      Words related to baggage
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