vanity case

[vanity case] {n.}

1. A small case containing face powder, lipstick, and other things and usually carried in a woman's handbag; a compact.

* /She took out her vanity case and put lipstick on./

2. A handbag or a small bag carried by a woman and holding various toilet articles.

* /She had the porter carry her big bags and she herself carried her vanity case./

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Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms


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