valise

Traveling across the ocean and over mountains, he uses the contents of his valise to feed himself, stay warm, unlock a cage, pacify a sharp-toothed ogre and find valuable treasure.

From New York Times ● Dec. 3, 2021

They characterize the Bureau as “an extended community of autodidacts and guessworkers caught up in language inquiry and the unguarded arts,” and “a valise fiction and portable literary service in the public domain.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2021

At the college archives, Creamer showed us more of the Stevens artifacts housed there, including a valise marked with his name and a photograph of the congressman’s boot maker.

From Washington Post ● Jun. 10, 2021

It is weirdly classy, like a valise or an upmarket clutch.

From The Guardian ● Nov. 1, 2017

I had bought in Cairo a small valise, just big enough to carry one suit, shirt, a pair of underwear sets and a pair of shoes into Arabia.

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey

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

But do they need vacations, and if so do they pack their Hermès valises and head to the Bahamas?

From New York Times ● Apr. 17, 2010

The preparations for the trip kept the family busy for two weeks, and the house became a clutter of trunks, steamer baskets, and valises.

From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende