sac de nuitn.
/sak də ˈnwiː/ ? Obsolete.
A night-bag, a travelling bag.
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1814 M. Birkbeck Notes Journey through France 18 An article of our baggage was missing... It was a sac de nuit containing sundries of some value.
1819 M. Wilmot Let. 3 Sept. (1935) 10 My invaluable Parisian pelisse..was only crammed, on second thoughts, to fill up a chink in my sac de nuit.
1845 R. Ford Hand-bk. Travellers in Spain I. i. 17 The company makes itself responsible for baggage..at relative allowances for sacs de nuit, portmanteaus, and trunks.
1860 Once a Week 8 Dec. 646/2 A little black sac-de-nuit.
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