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   Bag·gage

   /ˈbaɡij/

   

   noun

   • 1. personal belongings packed in suitcases for traveling; luggage: "we collected our baggage before clearing customs"
   • ▪ the portable equipment of an army: "the artillery and baggage rumbled along the road"
   • 2. past experiences or long-held ideas regarded as burdens and impediments: "the emotional baggage I'm hauling around"
   • 3. a cheeky or disagreeable girl or woman: dated, derogatory "she was a mercenary little baggage"

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Old French bagage (from baguer ‘tie up’), or bagues ‘bundles’; perhaps related to bag.

   Scrabble Points: 12

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