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When I emerged, a moment later, it was to find the narrow passage obstructed by one of the big soiled-linen trucks, over which "J. P." bent industriously, as if he hadn't another thought in the world beyond the sorting of table-cloths and napkins. Suddenly he lifted up his lank frame, and seeing one of his workpeople making her escape, he called out: "It's not six o'clock yet!"
Dorothy Richardson - The Long Day: The Story of a New York Working Girl As Told by Herself

We had also a couple of Roorkhee chairs, and found them most useful. A couple of compressed cane cabin trunks. 9a. The "Ranelagh Pack" is a most useful form of "luggage." Camp kit-bag. Soiled-linen bag, with square mouth, large size. This is an excellent "general service" bag, and invaluable for holding boots, &c.
T. R. Swinburne - A Holiday in the Happy Valley with Pen and Pencil
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