valise

Example Sentences

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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

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

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

Queen Marie turned to the closet, pulled out a leather valise, and threw it on the table.

From "The Son of Neptune" by Rick Riordan