# suitcase

/ˈsutˌkeɪs/ (US) · /sˈuːtkeɪs/ (UK)

Source: https://englishreference.com/word/suitcase
Updated: 2026-06-20

## Senses

### 1. travel luggage

noun · CEFR A2

a large, rectangular bag with a handle used for carrying clothes and personal items when you travel.

For teachers: a portable rectangular container with a handle, typically used for carrying garments and personal belongings during transit.

- She packed her heavy winter coats into a large suitcase for the trip to Canada.
- The airline passenger was forced to pay an additional fee because his suitcase exceeded the maximum weight limit for checked baggage.

### 2. computing file

noun · CEFR C2 · Technical

a special type of file on older Apple computers that held things like fonts and sounds.

For teachers: a resource file format in legacy Macintosh operating systems used to store and manage fonts, desk accessories, or sound clips.

- In the old days of Mac OS, you had to drag the font suitcase into the System Folder.
- The designer struggled to open the legacy suitcase files, as the modern operating system no longer natively supported that specific font container format.

### 3. to smuggle

verb · CEFR C2 · Slang · Vulgar

to hide something inside your body to move it secretly and illegally.

For teachers: to smuggle contraband by concealing it within a body cavity, specifically the rectum.

- The guards were trained to spot people trying to suitcase drugs into the prison.
- The informant warned the authorities that the syndicate was forcing couriers to suitcase high-value diamonds across the border to avoid detection by scanners.

### 4. to sell from a case

verb · CEFR C2 · Archaic

to travel and sell products using only the samples you can carry in a bag.

For teachers: to conduct commercial trade or sales demonstrations using only the samples contained within a portable case.

- He spent years suitcasing his inventions from town to town before he found a buyer.
- In the early twentieth century, many independent salesmen made a living suitcasing textiles to remote villages that lacked permanent retail stores.

## Examples

- I packed my clothes in the suitcase.
- She dragged her heavy suitcase across the airport terminal to catch the connecting flight.
- The vintage leather suitcase, scarred by decades of transatlantic voyages, sat quietly in the corner of the dusty attic, holding secrets of a bygone era.

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