Definition of Portmanteaus

1. Noun. (plural of portmanteau) ¹

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Definition of Portmanteaus

1. portmanteau [n] - See also: portmanteau

Lexicographical Neighbors of Portmanteaus

portlet
portlets
portlier
portliest
portlike
portliness
portlinesses
portly
portman
portmanteau
portmanteau-word
portmanteau film
portmanteau films
portmanteau word
portmanteau words
portmanteaus (current term)
portmanteaux
portmantle
portmantles
portmantua
portmantuas
portmen
portmote
portmotes
portobello
portobellos
portogram
portography
portoir
portoise

Literary usage of Portmanteaus

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Life in Mexico During a Residence of Two Years in that Country (1843)
"Theatre — portmanteaus — Visiters— Houses of Puebla—Fine arts — Paseo — Don N. Ramos Arispe — Bishop — Cotton factories — Don Esteban ..."

2. O'Hara; Or, 1798 by William Hamilton Maxwell (1825)
"... whom this respectable couple had unceremoniously kicked out of the room, and tossed their pattern-books and portmanteaus down stairs after them, ..."

3. Gum-elastic and Its Varieties: With a Detailed Account of Its Applications by Charles Goodyear (1853)
"portmanteaus. Saddle-bags. Mail-bags. Horse mail-bags. Bottles. Hot-water bottles. Improved hot-water bottles. Shaving boxes. Dressing boxes. ..."

4. The Atlantic Club-book: Being Sketches in Prose and Verse (1834)
"And so it was; the group was just disputing whether the cover of our portmanteaus belonged to the buffalo or the ox species. They had seen them when carried ..."

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