vanity-case

vanity-case

vanity-case [ vanitikɛz ] n. m.
• 1953; mot angl. , de vanity « vanité », employé dans des comp. avec cette valeur, et case « valise »
♦ Anglic. Petit bagage rigide en forme de boîte munie d'une poignée sur le couvercle, pour les objets et flacons de toilette féminins. Des vanity-cases.

● vanity-case, vanity-cases nom masculin (mot anglais vanity case, de vanity, chose futile, et de case, mallette.) Petit bagage rigide destiné à contenir divers produits et accessoires de toilette.

vanity-case [vanitikɛz] n. m.
ÉTYM. 1967; mot anglo-amér., de vanity « vanité » (employé dans des comp. avec cette valeur), et case « valise ».
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♦ Anglic. Petite valise ou sac rigide pour les objets de toilette féminins.
0 Le bouquet (de jonquilles) allait juste dans mon grand sac, une mallette carrée genre vanity-case, armoire et salle de bains portatives.
A. Sarrazin, l'Astragale, 1967, p. 176.
♦ Abrév. cour. : vanity. || Un vanity en cuir, en plastique transparent.

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