footlocker
noun
foot·lock·er
ˈfu̇t-ˌlä-kər 
: a small trunk designed to be placed at the foot of a bed (as in a barracks)
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My dad’s footlocker did not survive the flood, but many of its contents suffered only minor damage.
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Kathy Barnes, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 July 2025
The work is carried out in three gray wooden boxes the size of footlockers that house the colony.
—Corey Kilgannon, New York Times, 13 May 2025
Each room has six beds with bedbug-proof mattresses and a footlocker for personal effects.
—Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 4 Feb. 2025
His camp trunk, a traveling footlocker, now rests in the Smithsonian.
—Cynthia Greenlee, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Jan. 2023
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Kathy Barnes, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 July 2025
The work is carried out in three gray wooden boxes the size of footlockers that house the colony.
—Corey Kilgannon, New York Times, 13 May 2025
Each room has six beds with bedbug-proof mattresses and a footlocker for personal effects.
—Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 4 Feb. 2025
His camp trunk, a traveling footlocker, now rests in the Smithsonian.
—Cynthia Greenlee, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Jan. 2023
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“Footlocker.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/footlocker. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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footlocker
noun
foot·lock·er
-ˌläk-ər
: a small trunk designed to be placed at the foot of a bed
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