See Also: foppery(dictionary)

luggage (iou) and foppery (iou)


luggage (iou)



luggage noun. L16.
[from LUG verb + -AGE, after baggage.]
Orig., what has to be lugged about; inconveniently heavy baggage. Now (sing. & (rare) in pl.), the baggage of a traveller or passenger; also, the baggage of an army. L16.
E. M. Forster Frieda and Helen and all their luggages had gone. Jo Grimond The bus had to..take the luggageusually including a large trunkto the station.
Bags, suitcases, etc., designed to hold the belongings of a traveller or passenger. E20.
Comb.: luggage locker a locker at a railway station, air terminal, etc., for use by passengers. luggage-van a railway carriage for travellers' belongings.
luggaged adjective loaded with luggage M19.
luggageless adjective M19.

foppery (iou)



foppery noun. M16.
[from FOP noun + -ERY.]
a. A foolish action, practice, idea, or statement; a thing foolishly esteemed. M16-M18.
b. Foolishness, stupidity. L16-E18.
The behaviour or manner characteristic of a fop; dandyism; an instance of this. L17.
b. (An example of) foppish finery. E18.