PORTMANTEAU in a Sentence

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16 example sentences for PORTMANTEAU, such as:

1. Then I took up my little portmanteau and walked out.
2. You brought your adoration and your portmanteau here together.
3. There was a small portmanteau in the room, and this he pulled out and began to strap.
4. During one of these attacks they carried off my empty portmanteau and my dressing gown.
5. Louise pressed with all the strength of her little hands on the top of the portmanteau.

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 Meanings and Examples of PORTMANTEAU
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
portmanteau
 n.  a new word formed by joining two others and combining their meanings
 n.  a large travelling bag made of stiff leather
Classic Sentence:
1  Louise pressed with all the strength of her little hands on the top of the portmanteau.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 97. The Departure for Belgium.
2  She returned to Louise, took up the portmanteau, which she had placed for a moment on the ground, and they reached the archway under the shadow of the wall.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 97. The Departure for Belgium.
3  A porter was passing and they gave him the portmanteau; then the two young girls, having told him to take it to No.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 97. The Departure for Belgium.
4  Eugenie ordered the porter to put down the portmanteau, gave him some pieces of money, and having rapped at the shutter sent him away.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 97. The Departure for Belgium.
5  After all, I remained up there, repeatedly unlocking and unstrapping my small portmanteau and locking and strapping it up again, until Biddy called to me that I was late.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter XIX
6  Then I took up my little portmanteau and walked out.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter XIX
7  You brought your adoration and your portmanteau here together.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter XXX
8  In pursuance of my aunt's kind scheme, I was shortly afterwards fitted out with a handsome purse of money, and a portmanteau, and tenderly dismissed upon my expedition.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 19. I LOOK ABOUT ME, AND MAKE A DISCOVERY
9  First came a portmanteau of white leather whose raggedness indicated that the receptacle had made several previous journeys.
Dead Souls By Nikolai Gogol
Context  Highlight   In PART 1: CHAPTER I
10  Franz, Bilibin's man, was dragging a portmanteau with some difficulty out of the front door.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER XII
11  During one of these attacks they carried off my empty portmanteau and my dressing gown.
War and Peace 2 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 5: CHAPTER IX
12  This doublet and hose, though new, were creased, like traveling clothes for a long time packed in a portmanteau.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In 1 THE THREE PRESENTS OF D'ARTAGNAN THE ELDER
13  "That's well," said he to Planchet, when the latter added the portmanteau to the equipment.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In 25 PORTHOS
14  There was a small portmanteau in the room, and this he pulled out and began to strap.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART I: CHAPTER VII. LIGHT IN THE DARKNESS
15  I sat and pondered awhile, and then some thought occurred to me, and I made search of my portmanteau and in the wardrobe where I had placed my clothes.
Dracula By Bram Stoker
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IV
Example Sentence:
1  The Official Secrets Act was described as a piece of portmanteau legislation, covering everything from nuclear weapons to army boots.