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gladstone

[glad-stohn, -stuhn] / ˈglædˌstoʊn, -stən /
NOUN
portmanteau
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Hardly knowing what she was doing, Billie found her hat and coat, put them on, and then sat on the very edge of her seat with her gladstone bag grasped tightly in one hand.

From Billie Bradley at Three Towers Hall or, Leading a Needed Rebellion by Janet D. Wheeler

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 Louis Joseph Vance

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 Sir Owen Seaman

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 Talbot Mundy

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 Louis Joseph Vance


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