A huge trunk, such as used to be taken to the watering-place of that name by ladies of fashion.
1869. This chute [in the pyramid] was not more than twice as wide and high as a Saratoga trunk, and was walled, roofed and floored with solid blocks of Egyptian granite as wide as a wardrobe, twice as thick and three times as long.—Mark Twain, ‘The Innocents Abroad,’ ch. lviii.
1888. Miss Jessica had herself and Saratoga safely landed on the verandah.—The American, June 27 (Farmer).
1894. He said he had strained it [his wrist] in handling a lady’s Saratoga.—Howell, ‘A Traveller from Altruria,’ p. 95 (Bartlett).
