VALISE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does valise mean? 

• VALISE (noun)
  The noun VALISE has 1 sense:

1. a small overnight bag for short trips

  Familiarity information: VALISE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• VALISE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A small overnight bag for short trips

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("valise" is a kind of...):

overnight bag; overnight case; overnighter (a small traveling bag to carry clothing and accessories for staying overnight)

 Context examples 

His precious valise was wedged in beside him.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

My wants were few and simple, so that in less than the time stated I was in a cab with my valise, rattling away to Paddington Station.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Though he studiously concealed his hand, this morning before breakfast, in writing the direction-card which he attached to the little brown valise of happier days, the eagle-glance of matrimonial anxiety detected, d, o, n, distinctly traced.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

“What about your government and all this treatment?” said Holmes, tapping the valise.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The safe was ajar, and Holmes standing in front of it was removing dossier after dossier, swiftly examining each, and then packing it neatly in Von Bork’s valise.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Instantly he gave an exclamation of satisfaction, strapped up the valise, shut the safe, locked it, and hurried out on to the terrace.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

A leather valise stood beside his table, and into this he began to pack very neatly and systematically the precious contents of his safe.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)