Meaning of Carry-on | Babel Free

Definitions

1. That luggage or baggage which is taken onto an airplane (or a ferry, etc.) with a passenger, rather than checked.
   countable, uncountable
2. A bag, suitcase, etc., used to carry this luggage or baggage.
   countable, uncountable
3. A palaver; a disorderly or absurd situation.
   British, New-Zealand, countable

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Examples

“Do you think they'll accept my ski poles as carry-on?”

“"THAT'S NOT MY CARRY-ON, THOSE WOULD NEVER GET THROUGH SECURITY. ALSO YOU'RE GROUNDED"”

“Sometimes all this carry-on about race, religion and sex seems so petty and silly that I cannot take it seriously.”

“"I love salad",she dared when it came to the next course, and then inwardly cringed when it seemed that that was actually a special order and there was such a carry-on about what kind of salad she wanted.”

“The stopping, restarting, swearing and routine self-deprecation ("I'm in trouble with the vicar – eternal trouble," quips Martin) is the kind of carry-on that has fans purring with pleasure.”

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