suitcasen.

Brit.

/ˈsuːtkeɪs/,

/ˈsjuːtkeɪs/, U.S.

/ˈsutˌkeɪs/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: suit n., case n.²

Etymology: < suit n. + case n.²

Originally: a small case designed to hold a suit or suits when travelling. Subsequently more generally: a (usually rectangular) travelling case used for carrying clothes and other belongings, with a handle and a lid or top section hinged along one of the long sides.Suitcases now frequently have wheels on the base and an extendable handle on the top; cf. wheelie bag n. at wheelie n. Additions.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > aspects of travel > a journey > [noun] > luggage > travelling bag > hand-held

mailc1275

clothesack1393

cloak-bagc1540

portmanteau1553

valance?a1562

pockmanty1575

cap-case1577

cloak-bearer1580

night baga1618

valisea1630

toilet1656

Roger1665

shirt case1823

weekend case1827

carpet-bag1830

holdall1851

handbag1859

suitcase1873

sample case1875

gripsack1877

case1879

grip1879

Gladstone (bag)1882

traveller1895

vanity-case1913

luggage1915

revelation1923

two-suiter1923

overnight bag1925

one-suiter1933

suiter1933

overnight case1934

Samsonite1939

flight bag1943

Pullman1946

grip-bag1958

overnighter1959

carry-on1960

Vuitton1975

go bag1991

1873 Hampshire Tel. & Sussex Chron. 1 Feb. 10/2 (advt.) Lost, a packing case;..size about 36 x 18 x 18in.; containing a large writing desk, black dress suit, naval lieutenant's uniforms, in japanned suit-case, sea boots, and other articles.

1902 Times 8 May 15/1 Captain Clive..sent on his suit-case and other luggage by another train.

1942 W. Faulkner Go down, Moses & Other Stories 235 The boy waked him at last and got him and the suitcase off the train.

2012 A. Moore Lighthouse iv. 35 The man comes to the bar, approaching the new girl, the little wheels of his suitcase clackety-clacking over the floorboards.

Phrases

to live out of (or from) a suitcase (or suitcases): to live for a period with one's belongings still packed, esp. when travelling; to travel from place to place staying in hotels or other temporary accommodation. Also in extended use: to have no permanent home. Cf. to work out of a suitcase at work v. Phrases 15.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > aspects of travel > travel from place to place > [verb (intransitive)] > with no fixed aim or wander > have no fixed abode

waggerc1380

to walk at rovers1528

stroll1603

to live out of (or from) a suitcase (or suitcases)1969

1920 Kansas City (Missouri) Times 13 Sept. 8/7 Living out of a suitcase is a pretty mean sort of life anyway.

1946 L. Durrell Let. 25 Sept. in L. Durrell & H. Miller Private Corr. (1963) 229 I can't tell you what wonderful peace and quiet it is, having a house of your own after so many years living from suitcases in hotels.

1969 Photoplay Jan. 69/1 ‘It never occurred to me it would take ten years to settle down,’ Audrey said recently, after ten years of living out of suitcases.

2003 Fangoria Oct. 6/1 Now that there are so many movies opening, I prefer to find frights on the big screen again in my own town, instead of living out of a suitcase for the season.

Compounds

C1. As a modifier, designating devices small or compact enough to be fitted into a suitcase, usually in connection with secret or criminal activities, as suitcase bomb, suitcase radio, etc.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > smallness > [adjective] > small enough to fit in specific container

pocket?1576

cabinet1696

pocketable1699

pocket-size1820

vest-pocket1823

cabinet-sized1883

suitcase1910

1910 Sunday State Jrnl. (Lincoln, Nebraska) 29 May 3/3 They saw Erdman walking, suitcase in hand, toward the Denison home shortly before the suitcase bomb was found on its porch Sunday afternoon.

1954 Richmond (Va.) Times-Dispatch 25 Mar. 16/2 All of which means that a ‘suitcase atom bomb’ is no longer a figment of the imagination.

1959 J. D. Sanderson Behind Enemy Lines (1960) x. 252 The suitcase radio summoned Popski and a few men in amphibious vehicles, but Campbell persuaded them to lie low for the rest of the day.

1987 Mil. Intelligence June 55/1 The suitcase recorder allowed the operator to switch between two cassette tapes.

2016 CNN Newsroom (transcript of TV programme) (Nexis) 30 June The Brussels attackers had large suitcase bombs, no guns.

C2.

suitcase farmer n. North American (esp. on the Great Plains) a farmer who owns or rents farmland that he or she does not live on permanently, instead visiting it when there is work to be done or overseen.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > farming > farmer > [noun] > part-time resident farmer

suitcase farmer1921

1921 Nebraska State Jrnl. 21 Feb. 4/5 Suitcase farmers, they are called in western Nebraska; men who invest in a tractor outfit, lease a few hundred acres of land, plow and seed to wheat. If June is a wet month they make a killing in their speculation.

1956 Sat. Night (Toronto) 13 Oct. 15/1 The wheat-marketing problem means the end of the ‘suitcase farmer’, who has been accustomed to spend only a few weeks on his land each spring and summer for seeding and harvesting.

2005 Salina (Kansas) Jrnl. 2 Jan. a7/1 These farmers and so-called suitcase farmers that accept that welfare check from the government should hold their heads in shame.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	suitcase
释义	suitcasen. Brit. /ˈsuːtkeɪs/, /ˈsjuːtkeɪs/, U.S. /ˈsutˌkeɪs/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: suit n., case n.² Etymology: < suit n. + case n.² Originally: a small case designed to hold a suit or suits when travelling. Subsequently more generally: a (usually rectangular) travelling case used for carrying clothes and other belongings, with a handle and a lid or top section hinged along one of the long sides.Suitcases now frequently have wheels on the base and an extendable handle on the top; cf. wheelie bag n. at wheelie n. Additions. ΘΚΠ society > travel > aspects of travel > a journey > [noun] > luggage > travelling bag > hand-held mailc1275 clothesack1393 cloak-bagc1540 portmanteau1553 valance?a1562 pockmanty1575 cap-case1577 cloak-bearer1580 night baga1618 valisea1630 toilet1656 Roger1665 shirt case1823 weekend case1827 carpet-bag1830 holdall1851 handbag1859 suitcase1873 sample case1875 gripsack1877 case1879 grip1879 Gladstone (bag)1882 traveller1895 vanity-case1913 luggage1915 revelation1923 two-suiter1923 overnight bag1925 one-suiter1933 suiter1933 overnight case1934 Samsonite1939 flight bag1943 Pullman1946 grip-bag1958 overnighter1959 carry-on1960 Vuitton1975 go bag1991 1873 Hampshire Tel. & Sussex Chron. 1 Feb. 10/2 (advt.) Lost, a packing case;..size about 36 x 18 x 18in.; containing a large writing desk, black dress suit, naval lieutenant's uniforms, in japanned suit-case, sea boots, and other articles. 1902 Times 8 May 15/1 Captain Clive..sent on his suit-case and other luggage by another train. 1942 W. Faulkner Go down, Moses & Other Stories 235 The boy waked him at last and got him and the suitcase off the train. 2012 A. Moore Lighthouse iv. 35 The man comes to the bar, approaching the new girl, the little wheels of his suitcase clackety-clacking over the floorboards. Phrases to live out of (or from) a suitcase (or suitcases): to live for a period with one's belongings still packed, esp. when travelling; to travel from place to place staying in hotels or other temporary accommodation. Also in extended use: to have no permanent home. Cf. to work out of a suitcase at work v. Phrases 15. ΘΚΠ society > travel > aspects of travel > travel from place to place > [verb (intransitive)] > with no fixed aim or wander > have no fixed abode waggerc1380 to walk at rovers1528 stroll1603 to live out of (or from) a suitcase (or suitcases)1969 1920 Kansas City (Missouri) Times 13 Sept. 8/7 Living out of a suitcase is a pretty mean sort of life anyway. 1946 L. Durrell Let. 25 Sept. in L. Durrell & H. Miller Private Corr. (1963) 229 I can't tell you what wonderful peace and quiet it is, having a house of your own after so many years living from suitcases in hotels. 1969 Photoplay Jan. 69/1 ‘It never occurred to me it would take ten years to settle down,’ Audrey said recently, after ten years of living out of suitcases. 2003 Fangoria Oct. 6/1 Now that there are so many movies opening, I prefer to find frights on the big screen again in my own town, instead of living out of a suitcase for the season. Compounds C1. As a modifier, designating devices small or compact enough to be fitted into a suitcase, usually in connection with secret or criminal activities, as suitcase bomb, suitcase radio, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > smallness > [adjective] > small enough to fit in specific container pocket?1576 cabinet1696 pocketable1699 pocket-size1820 vest-pocket1823 cabinet-sized1883 suitcase1910 1910 Sunday State Jrnl. (Lincoln, Nebraska) 29 May 3/3 They saw Erdman walking, suitcase in hand, toward the Denison home shortly before the suitcase bomb was found on its porch Sunday afternoon. 1954 Richmond (Va.) Times-Dispatch 25 Mar. 16/2 All of which means that a ‘suitcase atom bomb’ is no longer a figment of the imagination. 1959 J. D. Sanderson Behind Enemy Lines (1960) x. 252 The suitcase radio summoned Popski and a few men in amphibious vehicles, but Campbell persuaded them to lie low for the rest of the day. 1987 Mil. Intelligence June 55/1 The suitcase recorder allowed the operator to switch between two cassette tapes. 2016 CNN Newsroom (transcript of TV programme) (Nexis) 30 June The Brussels attackers had large suitcase bombs, no guns. C2. suitcase farmer n. North American (esp. on the Great Plains) a farmer who owns or rents farmland that he or she does not live on permanently, instead visiting it when there is work to be done or overseen. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > farmer > [noun] > part-time resident farmer suitcase farmer1921 1921 Nebraska State Jrnl. 21 Feb. 4/5 Suitcase farmers, they are called in western Nebraska; men who invest in a tractor outfit, lease a few hundred acres of land, plow and seed to wheat. If June is a wet month they make a killing in their speculation. 1956 Sat. Night (Toronto) 13 Oct. 15/1 The wheat-marketing problem means the end of the ‘suitcase farmer’, who has been accustomed to spend only a few weeks on his land each spring and summer for seeding and harvesting. 2005 Salina (Kansas) Jrnl. 2 Jan. a7/1 These farmers and so-called suitcase farmers that accept that welfare check from the government should hold their heads in shame. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1873
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