Definition of "overnight bag" []

• A small piece of luggage used to carry items needed for an overnight stay. Also called overnight case. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "She hoisted her overnight bag onto the bed with a thud, unzipped it, and rummaged through it, naming each item in lieu of conversing: “Nightgown, robe, hairbrush, toothbrush, toothpaste, face junk …”"
• "Teledrive left me and my overnight bag on the north-west corner of Church Street where I dawdled a while looking in the brightly lit windows of Waterstone's bookshop, wondering if Rachel would be able to hear the store's advertised children's audio tapes in her bubble."
• "I kept always in the car an overnight bag containing the personality-change clothes I'd got Jonathan to wear; dark two-piece tracksuit (trousers and zip-up jacket), navy blue trainers, and a baseball cap."