carry-on
English
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Adjective
[edit]carry-on (not comparable)
Translations
[edit]taken onto an airplane with a passenger
Noun
[edit]carry-on (countable and uncountable, plural carry-ons)
- That luggage or baggage which is taken onto an airplane (or a ferry, etc.) with a passenger, rather than checked.
- Synonyms: hand luggage, handcarry
- Do you think they'll accept my ski poles as carry-on?
- A bag, suitcase, etc., used to carry this luggage or baggage.
- 2022, Jeph Jacques, Questionable Content (webcomic), 4900 TeenSA:
- "THAT'S NOT MY CARRY-ON, THOSE WOULD NEVER GET THROUGH SECURITY. ALSO YOU'RE GROUNDED"
- (countable, British, New Zealand) A palaver; a disorderly or absurd situation.
- 1978 December 9, Nancy Walker, “Sexism and Racism at GCN?”, in Gay Community News, volume 6, number 20, page 10:
- Sometimes all this carry-on about race, religion and sex seems so petty and silly that I cannot take it seriously.
- 2002, Lynne Graham, The Italian's Wife:
- "I love salad",she dared when it came to the next course, and then inwardly cringed when it seemed that that was actually a special order and there was such a carry-on about what kind of salad she wanted.
- 2011 November 27, Kitty Empire, The Observer:
- The stopping, restarting, swearing and routine self-deprecation ("I'm in trouble with the vicar – eternal trouble," quips Martin) is the kind of carry-on that has fans purring with pleasure.
Translations
[edit]the luggage which is taken onto an airplane with a passenger
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