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carry-on dial. and slang.|ˈkærɪɒn|
[f. carry on, carry v. 52 e.]
Fuss, to-do, excitement; carryings-on.
1890J. Service Notandums v. 29 Byla [bailie] Stech, who had been cheated out of his dinner by a' the carry on. 1927Scots Observer 23 Apr. 2/3 Ladies of the Hannah More type lamented the ‘voluptuous’ carry-ons of miners. 1948L. Walmsley Master Mariner i. vii. 123 There's a different carry on up here than what we've had at the other bazaar concerts. 1959P. Bull I know the Face vi. 111 We were all engaged for a radio version of Hamlet... I had never realized the incredible carry-on connected with these productions. 1963V. Gielgud Goggle-Box Affair iii. 29 Hargest was completely sold on Eurovision and all that carry-on. 1964Guardian 2 Mar. 7/6 They want madmen and blood and wild carry-ons and all that.
Restrict labels in Dict. to sense 1. For etym. read: f. the vbl. phr. to carry on: see carry v. 52 (sense e in 1 below.) Add: 2. attrib. Designating (an item of) luggage permitted to be carried on board an aircraft by a passenger and kept in the cabin during flight; also ellipt. orig. and chiefly N. Amer.
1962Consumer Bull. July 25/1, I have found the best set to be one large (26- or 29-inch) suitcase..and a small carry-on canvas 21-inch suitcase. 1965Holiday Dec. 136/2 Carry-ons, designed with the impatient American in mind, are deep and narrow double-compartmented bags made to hold everything..for a brief trip. 1970Time 19 Jan. 53/1 Coats and carry-on baggage are stowed in large overhead storage compartments. 1976Changing Times July 42/1 A club bag..is more convenient than an overnight bag or a carry-on. 1984A. Lurie Foreign Affairs (1985) i. 4 She outflanks a massed confusion of obvious rubes with carry-on bags labeled Sun Tours. |