attaché case

noun

Definition of attaché casenext
as in traveling bag

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for attaché case
  1. overnight bag
  2. briefcase
  3. wallet
  4. valise
  5. portmanteau
  6. duffel bag
  7. handbag
  8. kit bag
Noun
  • Police said Cantrell and Baker then kept the dead baby's body in the bag near the toilet for about four days before Baker placed it in an overnight bag and put it in the dumpster along with another black trash bag.
    — Briauna Brown, CBS News, 20 Oct. 2026
  • One of them invites Bonnie over for a sleepover, and Jessie sneaks into her overnight bag, not realizing that toys are verboten to the new generation.
    — Damon Wise, Deadline, 16 June 2026
Definition of overnight bag
Noun
  • Attention now turns to Wednesday’s Budget to see if Healey will pull a surprise announcement out his red briefcase to secure the facility’s future.
    — The Week UK, TheWeek, 27 Oct. 2026
  • Each briefcase-size unit plugs right into an outlet and communicates with its Pila peers through a mesh network.
    — Richard Eisenberg, Time, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of briefcase
Noun
  • Long-standing registrations with financial services, marketplaces, e-wallets, subscription platforms or professional tools add useful context.
    — Artem Lalaiants, Forbes.com, 6 Nov. 2026
  • On Tuesday, Elliptic reported the group has made more than 40,000 transactions, creating a new wallet every 25 seconds.
    — Cooper Katz McKim, NPR, 6 Nov. 2026
Definition of wallet
Noun
  • But in Vienna, Pollak kept a mistress, and Milena had to take a job porting valises at the train station just to make ends meet.
    — Christine Estima September 12, Literary Hub, 12 Sep. 2025
  • That a kindly bellhop from The Balmoral, our hotel adjacent to the station, loaded our valises off a trolley cart did little to rein in these trappings.
    — Ross Kenneth Urken, Condé Nast Traveler, 27 May 2024
Definition of valise
Noun
  • The name is a portmanteau of Goa trance, a subgenre of electronic music designer Carl Blakeslee had been listening to while working on the boot, and the Lava Dome silhouette that served as a precursor to ACG.
    — Ian Servantes, Footwear News, 4 Nov. 2026
  • The Rare Beauty product launch -- a set of two liquid blushes -- is even named the Delena, after their friendship portmanteau.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 28 Oct. 2026
Definition of portmanteau
Noun
  • Smock testified that an injury to Birchmore's chest was caused by a clasp on the duffel bag strap that was used to hang her but that the clasp was not found near her chest, suggesting Birchmore's hanging was staged.
    — Louisa Moller, CBS News, 2 Nov. 2026
  • Investigators at some point recovered the duffel bag, finding Powlis’ DNA on it, as well as on Panetti’s body, Gilberti said.
    — Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 2 Nov. 2026
Definition of duffel bag
Noun
  • Investigators found in a closet dozens of Louis Vuitton handbags lining the top shelf, many pairs of Christian Louboutin boots and a display case full of handbags made of exotic furs.
    — Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 3 Nov. 2026
  • The product that won is his Nexus drawstring handbag made of Premium Vachetta leather, goatskin leather and suede, featuring intricate, sculptural weaving.
    — Madison Collins, Footwear News, 2 Nov. 2026
Definition of handbag
Noun
  • Given this expanding electronic kit bag, various stakeholders—from government agencies to local police, under the pretext of public safety—perpetuate the systemized encroachment on citizens’ private worlds.
    — David Friend, Vanity Fair, 10 Sep. 2026
  • Road closures have been seizing the country’s leafy capital, as vans disgorge military style kit bags and American personnel to match at top hotels.
    — Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 19 Apr. 2026
Definition of kit bag
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