The only comfort was the arrival the next morning of a strong
packing case, locked, from Ross, the key being in the custody of Davenport.
Harriwell pointed triumphantly at a big packing case in a dusty corner.
But just then McTavish lifted the packing case. The manager started, then tore off the lid.
Four sailors had sweated beneath the burden of its weight --Tarzan of the Apes picked it up as though it had been an empty
packing case, and with the spade slung to his back by a piece of rope, carried it off into the densest part of the jungle.
She raised its drapery, and I saw that the sofa was built of
packing cases.
So she hopped up and dressed, although it was an hour earlier than she usually rose, for she could not sleep any more, being possessed with a strong desire to slip down and see if the big portmanteau and
packing cases were really in the hall.
They come in different sizes, created for all types of travelers: International Carry-On, Short Trip
Packing Case, and Extended Trip
Packing Case.
Watched by hundreds of holidaymakers at the Marine Lake, Southport, non-swimmer Tony was handcuffed with chains, tied-up in a mail bag and locked into a wooden
packing case. The case was then bound with ropes and chains and the crowds watched as it was slowly lowered into six feet of water.
Says Petry: "I wouldn't make an aluminum piece of luggage if I didn't think it would be timeless." Tumi 19 Degree aluminum short trip
packing case, $1,195; tumi.com
David Cook: "I was in Anthropologie in New York and was amazed to find
packing case display units lined by pages from 1950s' Evening Chronicles.
White Stripes take Rated X back to basics, with guitar, tambourine and
packing case drums, while arena rockers Paramore get unplugged to strum You Ain't Woman Enough (To Take My Man).
packing case - a large crate in which goods are packed for shipment or storage