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Portmanteau
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Portmanteau
[disambiguation] A Portmanteau is a word made up of two combined words. Portmanteau may also refer to: == See also == ... Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portmanteau_(disambiguation)
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Portmanteau
[suitcase] The JMU seal, only used by the JMU Board of Visitors or the Office of the President, certifies official university documents. The seal includes a crest surrounded by two concentric circles containing "James Madison University" and the year of its founding, "1908." The university s... Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portmanteau_(suitcase)
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portmanteau
[n] - a large travelling bag made of stiff leather Found op http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definition.php?query=portmanteau
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Portmanteau
a word made up from blending two others: swurse = swear + curse; picture + dictionary = pictionary; smoke + fog = smog; breakfast + lunch = brunch.
Found op http://www.standards.dfes.gov.uk/primary/publications/literacy/63285/nls_fw
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Portmanteau
Port·man'teau noun ; plural Portmanteaus . [ French porte-manteau ; porter to carry + manteau a cloak, mantle. See Port to carry, and Mantle .] A bag or case, usually of leather, for carrying wearing a... Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/P/131
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portmanteau
Gladstone noun a large travelling bag made of stiff leather Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=portmanteau
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Portmanteau
• (n.) A bag or case, usually of leather, for carrying wearing apparel, etc., on journeys. Found op http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/portmanteau/
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portmanteau
portmanteau 1. A case or bag for carrying clothing and other necessaries when traveling; originally of a form suitable for carrying on horseback; now applied to an oblong stiff leather case, which opens like a book, with hinges in the middle of the back. 2. In the sense of that into which things are... Found op http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/info/view_unit/2627/3
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portmanteau
Lewis Carroll's phrase for a neologism created by combining two existing words. His 'Jabberwocky,' for example, fuses 'lithe' and a term like 'slight' or 'slimy' to produce 'slithy' in the line ''Twas brillig, and the slithy toves.' Found op http://rpo.library.utoronto.ca/display_rpo/terminology.cfm#acatalectic
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Portmanteau
A portmanteau is a type of suitcase with a rigid handle. Found op http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/browse/PP.HTM
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portmanteau
large leather suitcase that opened into two compartments. Dickens reported in American Notes that his cabin aboard ship was so small that his portmanteau could "no more be got in at the door, not to say stowed away, than a giraffe could be forced into a flowerpot." Found op http://charlesdickenspage.com/glossary.html
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Portmanteau
[luggage] For other uses of "Portmanteau", see Portmanteau (disambiguation). A portmanteau refers to a piece of luggage, usually made of leather and opening into two equal parts. The word comes from French, portemanteau, literally meaning `it carries the cloak`. ... Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portmanteau_(luggage)
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portmanteau
1) A large travelling bag made of stiff leather 2) Blend 3) Blend of two parts 4) Coinage 5) Neologism 6) Neology 7) Portmanteau word Found op http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/EN/crossword-dictionary/portmanteau/1
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