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carry-on
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car·ry-on  (kr-n)
adj.
Small or compact enough to be carried aboard and stowed on an airplane, train, or bus by a passenger: carry-on luggage.
n.
A carry-on bag, suitcase, or other item.
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carry-on
noun (Informal), chiefly Brit. fuss, disturbance, racket, fracas, commotion, rumpus, tumult, hubbub, shindy (informal)
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carry-on [ˈkærɪˈɔn] n (col) → follón m
carry-on [ˈkærɪˈɔn] n (inf) (= fuss); histoires fpl: (= annoying behaviour); cirque m, cinéma m
carry-on [ˈkærɪˈɔn] carry (inf) nTheater nt
carry-on [kærɪˈɔn] n (col) (= fuss); casino, confusione f: (= annoying behaviour): I've had enough of your carry-on! → mi hai proprio scocciato!


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This was the tradition of carnival - charivaris, mumming, callithumpian bands - whose raucous carryings-on symbolically challenged the social order.
At the same time, Xena's double-edged sword of political correctness has transformed old-fashioned sexual carryings-on into newfangled sexual harassment.
But while he pulls no satirical punches, Russell is clearly amused by, more than anything else, the way love survives the most ridiculous carryings-on.
 
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