Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
portmanteau .
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- noun A variant form of
portmanteau (the case).
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Examples
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Secretary: I am more plagued with Patrick and my portmantua than with myself.
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But Little John was already gone to the saddle-bags, and returning he laid the Bishop's cloak upon the ground, and poured out of the portmantua a matter of four hundred glittering gold pieces.
Robin Hood 1917
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Lord Forbes's man has brought back my portmantua, and Patrick is come; so I am in Christian circumstances: I shall hardly commit such a frolic again.
The Journal to Stella Swift, Jonathan, 1667-1745 1901
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Patrick came home with the Secretary: I am more plagued with Patrick and my portmantua than with myself.
The Journal to Stella Swift, Jonathan, 1667-1745 1901
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'Pierre put the horse into a little out-house which held their firing and his working implements, and returned with a portmantua to the lady.
The Castle of Wolfenbach Eliza 1793
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She quitted the apartment with a flood of tears, and coming, found the breakfast ready, and soon after a chaise at the gate; Joseph conveyed her portmantua and box to the carriage; Albert stared a little at the latter, but said nothing.
The Castle of Wolfenbach Eliza 1793
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'I now exulted in our prospect of success in my deliverance: I grew more cheerful, my uncle was tender and affectionate; I bore his caresses without any repulses, but left the room soon as possible I employed myself in packing up a few necessaries in a small portmantua, with what little valuables I had, and was tolerably supplied with money, as I thought, knowing little of the expences of a journey.
The Castle of Wolfenbach Eliza 1793
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Lord Forbes's man has brought back my portmantua, and Patrick is come; so I am in Christian circumstances: I shall hardly commit such a frolic again.
The Journal to Stella Jonathan Swift 1706
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Patrick came home with the Secretary: I am more plagued with Patrick and my portmantua than with myself.
The Journal to Stella Jonathan Swift 1706
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_ Bid the footman receive the trunks and portmantua; and see them placed in the lodgings you have taken for me, while I walk a turn here in the garden.
The works of John Dryden, $c now first collected in eighteen volumes. $p Volume 06 John Dryden 1665
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