suit-case
See also: suitcase
English
[edit]Noun
[edit]suit-case (plural suit-cases)
- Archaic form of suitcase.
- 1906 April, O. Henry [pseudonym; William Sydney Porter], “By Courier”, in The Four Million, New York, N.Y.: McClure, Phillips & Co, →OCLC, pages 232–233:
- A tall young man came striding through the park along the path near which she sat. Behind him tagged a boy carrying a suit-case. […] The boy dropped the suit-case and stared at him with wondering, shrewd eyes.
- 1909, Mary Roberts Rinehart, “A Torn Telegram”, in The Man in Lower Ten, New York, N.Y.: Grosset & Dunlap, →OCLC, page 25:
- To my surprise, lower ten was already occupied—a suit-case projected from beneath, a pair of shoes stood on the floor, and from behind the curtains came the heavy, unmistakable breathing of deep sleep.
- 1923, Warwick Deeping, “John Stretton”, in The Secret Sanctuary (The Scherz Phoenix Books), Berne: Alfred Scherz Publishers, published 1945, →OCLC, pages 26–27:
- A maid stood at the door, ready to receive him and his suit-case from the chauffeur. The large hall had a Turkey carpet, a soft and very comfortable carpet like everything else in the house of Bartholomew Stretton. The maid, setting down the suit-case, took Beal’s hat, scarf and coat.