Saratoga Trunk
Preserved but no longer current.
Meaning · English
A huge trunk, such as used to be taken by fashionable ladies to the watering place of that name in New York State.
Era: ca. 1898 (Victorian)
Sources & notes
Reproduced from Brewer’s Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898 edition, public domain; archive.org, retrieved 2026-07-31; OCR text, minor errors possible). Reflects the scholarship and attitudes of its era.
Common questions
What does “Saratoga Trunk” mean?
A huge trunk, such as used to be taken by fashionable ladies to the watering place of that name in New York State.
Is “Saratoga Trunk” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.