"suit-case" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: suit-cases [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} suit-case (plural suit-cases)
  1. Archaic form of suitcase. Tags: alt-of, archaic Alternative form of: suitcase
    Sense id: en-suit-case-en-noun-mPbWVss6 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1909, Mary Roberts Rinehart, “A Torn Telegram”, in The Man in Lower Ten, New York, N.Y.: Grosset & Dunlap, →OCLC, page 25:",
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          "ref": "1923, Warwick Deeping, “John Stretton”, in The Secret Sanctuary (The Scherz Phoenix Books), Berne: Alfred Scherz Publishers, published 1945, →OCLC, pages 26–27:",
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