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gladstone

[glad-stohn, -stuhn] / ˈglædˌstoʊn, -stən /
NOUN
portmanteau
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After a block or two Kirkwood picked up the gladstone bag, gently opened the door, and put a foot on the step, pausing to look back.

From The Black Bag by Vance, Louis Joseph

Yet he was not at all at ease; his uneasy conscience invested the gladstone bag with a magnetic attraction for the public eye.

From The Black Bag by Vance, Louis Joseph

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

We've got the gladstone bag here; Miss Dolly's at the hotel—that's her papa's bright notion; he thinks she's to be trusted ...

From The Black Bag by Vance, Louis Joseph

Kirkwood bent to pick it up, and so for the first time was made aware that she had brought with her a small black gladstone bag of considerable weight.

From The Black Bag by Vance, Louis Joseph




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