Usually luggage for traveling, or possessions. Also intangibles attached to a person that get in the way, e.g. reputation.
But also a meaning marked by Merriam-Webster as "dated", namely "a young woman", so memorably noted by Flanders & Swann in a remark about too much excess baggage, "I finally had to leave her behind."
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Re: baggage
Isn't it part of one of the songs in My Fair Lady? Something along the lines of, "Throw the baggage out!"?
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Re: baggage
Slava, I do believe it is. Of course, Merriam-Webster is U.S.-centric, whereas both Flanders & Swann and "My Fair Lady" are distinctly British in character. (Actually, I believe Donald Swann was Welsh, but I'm willing to forgive him for that.)
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