Example Sentences

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He had apparently arranged for the transmission of his luggage, inasmuch as the portmanteaux, three in number, were taken on by the coach when that indispensable vehicle arrived in due course.

From The Crooked Stick or Pollies's Probation by Boldrewood, Rolf

Poor grandfather," said Celia, "what a lot of times he said over, 'three black portmanteaux, four, no five canvas-covered, four carpet bags, one—fourteen in all.

From The Adventures of Herr Baby by Crane, Walter

Oh dear, what a useless creature I am," she thought; "and why do people strap portmanteaux so tightly?

From Vixen, Volume III. by Braddon, M. E. (Mary Elizabeth)

I see two most small and inconsiderable portmanteaux.

From Pierre; or The Ambiguities by Melville, Herman

A luggage-cart, piled high with dress-baskets and portmanteaux, passed down the drive towards the station gates, and a motor-car returned from a neighbouring house for something that had been forgotten.

From Peter and Jane or The Missing Heir by Macnaughtan, S. (Sarah)