1) Bag 2) Blend 3) Case
Found on
https://www.crosswordclues.com/clue/portmanteau
1) Blend 2) Blend of two parts 3) Blend of two words 4) Coinage 5) French word used in English 6) Hinged suitcase 7) Neologism 8) Neology 9) Portmanteau word 10) Word like smog
Found on
https://www.crosswordclues.com/clue/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 on
http://charlesdickenspage.com/glossary.html
A portmanteau (oʊ, oʊ; plural z portmanteaus or portmanteaux) or portmanteau word, called a blend in linguistics, is a combination of two (or more) words or their sounds (morphemes) and their meanings into a single new word. The word comes from the English term `portmanteau luggage` for a piece of luggage with two compartments, itself derived .....
Found on
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/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. Some were large, upright, and hinged at the back and enabled hanging up clothes in one half, but the term was also used for much smaller bags (such as Gladstone ba...
Found on
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portmanteau_(luggage)
word formed by blending two existing words
Found on
http://phrontistery.info/p.html
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 on
http://rpo.library.utoronto.ca/display_rpo/terminology.cfm#acatalectic
• (n.) A bag or case, usually of leather, for carrying wearing apparel, etc., on journeys.
Found on
http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/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 apparel, etc., on journeys.
Thackeray. Found on
http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/P/131
A portmanteau is a type of suitcase with a rigid handle.
Found on
http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/browse/PP.HTM
[
n] - a large travelling bag made of stiff leather
Found on
http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definition.php?query=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 packed together; originally applied by Lewis Carr...
Found on
http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/info/view_unit/2627/3
a word made up from blending two others: swurse = swear + curse; picture + dictionary = pictionary; smoke + fog = smog; breakfast + lunch = brunch.
Found on
https://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20815
Gladstone noun a large travelling bag made of stiff leather
Found on
https://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20974
No exact match found.
