Portemanteau

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Noun
  1. 1
    Alternative form of portmanteau (“travelling case”). alt-of, alternative

    "Then there is such a getting up-stairs with portemanteaus and carpet-bags in the Gross-Herzog; […]"

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"Then there is such a getting up-stairs with portemanteaus and carpet-bags in the Gross-Herzog; […]"

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