gladstone

Example Sentences

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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

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

"I am to meet my father there, with this,"—indicating the gladstone bag.

From The Black Bag by Vance, Louis Joseph

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

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)