baggage

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
baggage/ˈbaɡɪʤ/

▶noun

• 1 personal belongings packed in suitcases for travelling.

• 2 past experiences or long-held opinions perceived as encumbrances: emotional baggage.

• 3 dated a cheeky or disagreeable girl or woman.

– origin ME: from OFr. bagage (from baguer ‘tie up’), or bagues ‘bundles’; perh. rel. to bag.