valise
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I am willing to accept, as settlement, as many $20 bills as can be crammed into a standard-size valise and mailed to my home.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 6, 2020
This he most emphatically proclaimed in his creation of the X, Y and Z Portfolios, a modern-day boîte en valise, after Duchamp, a “suitcase” of the artist’s most select wares.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 17, 2015
At 21 she fled to London with a handful of records in her valise and has been an expat ever since.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2015
In 1978, when New York was bankrupt, a busted valise of a city, a few January snowstorms turned into a crisis that lasted for months.
From New York Times ● Jan. 27, 2015
When she's said her good-byes, Ollie takes her tapestry valise and puts his hand on the doorknob.
From "Girl in the Blue Coat" by Monica Hesse
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He and his wife have schlepped materials home by train, “five big valises recently from Prague.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 9, 2026
Models — male and female — strutted down the runway in leather cowboy hats, cowhide valises, and checkered denim jackets adorned with bull badges, their cowboy boots boasting shiny metal points.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 16, 2024
These valises are a reminder of how far Talley was able to travel from his childhood in Durham and how he did so with aplomb and self-regard.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 11, 2023
That includes the ominous black valises that figure prominently in the show’s set and the many obstacles and alterations this musical has experienced on a 13-year-long journey to Broadway.
From New York Times ● Apr. 23, 2015
“Your valises have been moved, Monsieur, to the compartment No. 1, the compartment of M. Bouc.”
From "Murder on the Orient Express" by Agatha Christie
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