carry-on, carrion, carry on, carillon

Carry-on or carry-on means small baggage or luggage that you can take with you in an airplane, as opposed to large baggage that is checked--
That bag is too big; use a smaller one as a carry-on.
Her carry-on is heavy; she should have checked it.
Carry-on may describe a small bag--
You'll have to let them x-ray your carry-on bag.
Please put all carry-on baggage in the overhead compartment.


Carry on or carry on ( two words ) may mean to continue with what you were doing--
"Keep calm and carry on."
 The major rarely said anything but "carry on".

Carry on is also an informal expression, meaning to act up or misbehave--
Tell the children not to carry on; we'll be back before they go to bed.
She's afraid he'll carry on if she scolds him.

Carry on also means to manage or conduct--
How can we carry on business when the power is out?
They are trying to carry on an affair, but they are constantly interrupted.

Carrion or carrion ( carr ee un ) means the remains of an animal; its dead body or carcass--
That stench can only be coming from carrion; we'll have to find the dead animal and bury it.
She swerved to avoid the carrion in the road.

Carillon or carillon ( carr ih lon, or to rhyme with carry on ) means a set of bells used to play music--
The carillon plays that hymn every Sunday morning.
She is learning to play the carillon, but I don't know how she practices.

Now that you know that, you can say--
" While they were looking through the carry-on luggage for the source of the smell of carrion, we could hear him calling "carry on!" over the music of the carillon."