gladstone

Example Sentences

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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)

It troubled us sorely to leave our good tents, beds, and equipment behind, yet all we could take was the blankets and one gladstone bag packed with clothes for us all.

From The Ivory Trail by Mundy, Talbot

To all intents and purposes he was a thief, and thief he would remain until the gladstone bag with its contents should be restored to its rightful owner.

From The Black Bag by Vance, Louis Joseph

Kirkwood bent forward and patted the flank of the satchel that held the gladstone bag.

From The Black Bag by Vance, Louis Joseph

Good fellows on the whole, with their gladstone bags and their pince-nez and their unmistakable respectability.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 147, August 12, 1914 by Seaman, Owen, Sir