Meaning: all one’s possessions (definition).


Example: They reproduced the entire household, bag and baggage.
Origins: Precedes contemporary English, as found in Rymer’s Foedera, 1422. Earliest English is 1525, Shakespeare in 1600. (Source.)

Rewrites: bags and boxes cabinets and drawers nooks, crannies, and corners house and storage house, basement, and garage
Discussion: The idea in this idiom is to express where someone carries or masses their belongings.