portmanteaux
plural ofportmanteauold-fashioned
Examplesofportmanteaux
portmanteaux
We all know the type of persons who, in a coal strike, will go and lug ladies'portmanteauxabout on the platforms at.
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Compound words andportmanteauxsuch as mudlist, mudsex, and mudflation are also regularly coined.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The letters and newspapers were divided into two separate canvas or linen bags and placed insideportmanteauxfor distribution.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Gabay saidportmanteaux... give people an essence of who they are within the same name.
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