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valise

[vuh-lees, -leez] / vəˈlis, -ˈliz /


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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

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

From The Guardian ● Nov. 1, 2017

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

The first, in a baseball cap and sunglasses, held a large brown valise that caught Klug’s eye.

From BusinessWeek ● Feb. 20, 2014

With a powerful arm, Grandma swung Mrs. Wilcox’s bulging valise aboard, then a picnic hamper.

From "A Long Way from Chicago" by Richard Peck

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

“Well, Monsieur, do you not wish to see what my valises contain?”

From "Murder on the Orient Express" by Agatha Christie




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