suit-case

suit-case (plural suit-cases)

1. Archaic form of suitcase.
   • 1906 April, O. Henry [pseudonym; William Sydney Porter], “By Courier”, in The Four Million, New York, N.Y.: McClure, Phillips & Co, →OCLC, pages 232–233:

     A tall young man came striding through the park along the path near which she sat. Behind him tagged a boy carrying a suit-case. […] The boy dropped the suit-case and stared at him with wondering, shrewd eyes.

   • 1909, Mary Roberts Rinehart, “A Torn Telegram”, in The Man in Lower Ten, New York, N.Y.: Grosset & Dunlap, →OCLC, page 25:

     To my surprise, lower ten was already occupied—a suit-case projected from beneath, a pair of shoes stood on the floor, and from behind the curtains came the heavy, unmistakable breathing of deep sleep.

   • 1923, Warwick Deeping, “John Stretton”, in The Secret Sanctuary (The Scherz Phoenix Books), Berne: Alfred Scherz Publishers, published 1945, →OCLC, pages 26–27:

     A maid stood at the door, ready to receive him and his suit-case from the chauffeur. The large hall had a Turkey carpet, a soft and very comfortable carpet like everything else in the house of Bartholomew Stretton. The maid, setting down the suit-case, took Beal’s hat, scarf and coat.