gladstone

Example Sentences

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I had come into the country with a small gladstone bag only; and now I wanted many things badly, including boots in particular.

From In the Russian Ranks A Soldier's Account of the Fighting in Poland by Morse, John

He had its lid up in a twinkling, and in another had lifted out the well-remembered black gladstone bag.

From The Black Bag by Vance, Louis Joseph

The car made a leisurely progress up past the old Steen castle and the Quai landing, Kirkwood sitting quietly, the gladstone bag under his hand, a searching gaze sweeping the waterside.

From The Black Bag by Vance, Louis Joseph

With this in his mind he hastily packed a gladstone bag, changed into tweeds, and told Mrs. Tribb that he was going to London for a day or so.

From Red Money by Hume, Fergus

He unpacked your gladstone bag, and you were uneasily aware that your well-worn pyjamas and modest toilet articles had made an unfavourable impression upon him.

From The Magician by Maugham, W. Somerset (William Somerset)