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Portmanteau (luggage)

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For other uses of "Portmanteau", see Portmanteau (disambiguation).
A 16-inch Gladstone bag made of ox leather

A portmanteau is 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,[1] while others are much smaller bags (such as Gladstone bags) with two equally sized compartments.[2]

The word derives from the French word portemanteau (which is itself a portmanteau of porter, "to carry", and manteau, "coat"),[3][4] which nowadays means a coat rack but was in the past also used to refer to a traveling case or bag for clothes.[5][6] [7]

References

  1. ^ "Portmanteau definition and meaning - Collins English Dictionary". Collinsdictionary.com.
  2. ^ "A History of Vintage Luggage". Achome.co.uk. Retrieved January 16, 2014.
  3. ^ "Dictionary.com - The world's favorite online dictionary!". Dictionary.com.
  4. ^ "Answers - The Most Trusted Place for Answering Life's Questions". Answers.com. Retrieved 10 December 2018.
  5. ^ Petit Robert: portemanteau - "malle penderie" (suitcase in which clothes hang)
  6. ^ "PORTEMANTEAU : Définition de PORTEMANTEAU". Cnrtl.fr.
  7. ^ Monos.com


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