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Samsonite1|ˈsæmsənaɪt|
Also samsonite.
[f. Samson + -ite1.]
1. A variety of dynamite having an inert base of borax and salt.
1909Jrnl. Soc. Chem. Industry 31 Aug. 915/2 The Secretary of State has made an Order adding the following explosives to the schedule..Nobel Ammonia Powder..Samsonite..Titanite No. 1. 1915A. Marshall Explosives 213 A charge of undoubtedly hard frozen Samsonite exploded whilst being rammed home with a wooden rammer. 1921Glasgow Herald 28 Feb. 11 Illegal possession..of 2980 gelignite cartridges, 10 samsonite cartridges. 1936E. Hart Shotfirer's Man. viii. 95 He then charged the shothole with 8 ozs of Samsonite No. 3 and fired it.
2. A proprietary term in the U.S. for a make of suitcases, briefcases, and other items of luggage, etc. Chiefly attrib.
1939Official Gaz. (U.S. Patent Office) 21 Feb. 538/2 Shwayder Bros., Inc., Denver, Colo. Filed Oct. 17, 1938. Samsonite Streamlite. For trunks, suitcases, and traveling bags. Claims use since Apr. 18, 1938. 1963Times 24 Apr. 16/4 After this generous present, it is a bit of a come-down for the eight regional winners to receive ‘Samsonite bridge tables and chairs’. 1969J. Gardner Compl. State of Death iv. 40 The file was dropped into a slim brown Samsonite brief-case. 1971D. MacKenzie Sleep is for Rich vi. 196 The samsonite case would carry a hundredweight without collapsing. 1977Time 28 Feb. 47/1 Just now, Linda is cooling out in Los Angeles after months of bashing about in planes and buses like a piece of lost Samsonite. 1977C. McFadden Serial (1978) xliv. 94/2 She dragged the Samsonite over the threshold. |