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portmanteau
1. By the time I had packed the battered portmanteau and removed from the room all trace of his occupation, it was quite dark
2. The word "podcasting" is a portmanteau that combines the words
3. "You will be glad too," said the page, "when you see the bundle there is in this portmanteau, for it is a suit of the finest cloth, that the governor only wore one day out hunting and now sends, all for Senora Sanchica
4. His whiskers cut off, Noirtier gave another turn to his hair; took, instead of his black cravat, a colored neckerchief which lay at the top of an open portmanteau; put on, in lieu of his blue and high-buttoned frock-coat, a coat of Villefort's of dark brown, and cut away in front; tried on before the glass a narrow-brimmed hat of his son's, which appeared to fit him perfectly, and, leaving his cane in the corner where he had deposited it, he took up a small bamboo switch, cut the air with it once or twice, and walked about with that easy swagger which was one of his principal characteristics
5. Then he turned to the various articles he had left behind him, put the black cravat and blue frock-coat at the bottom of the portmanteau, threw the hat into a dark closet, broke the cane into small bits and flung it in the fire, put on his travelling-cap, and calling his valet, checked with a look the thousand questions he was ready to ask, paid his bill, sprang into his carriage, which was ready, learned at Lyons that Bonaparte had entered Grenoble, and in the midst of the tumult which prevailed along the road, at length reached Marseilles, a prey to all the hopes and fears which enter into the heart of man with ambition and its first successes
6. When he had got his shilling, and had in course of time completed the ascent to his box, and had got away (which appeared to relieve his mind), I went into the front office with my little portmanteau in my hand and asked, Was Mr
7. This collation disposed of at a moderate price (considering the grease, which was not charged for), we went back to Barnard's Inn and got my little portmanteau, and then took coach for Hammersmith
8. My little portmanteau was in the boot under my feet; I had but to turn a hinge to get it out; I threw it down before me, got down after it, and was left at the first lamp on the first stones of the town pavement
9. You brought your adoration and your portmanteau here together
10. "There now," said Eugenie, "while I change my costume do you lock the portmanteau
11. " Louise pressed with all the strength of her little hands on the top of the portmanteau
12. only the pale Omphale!" And the young girl, kneeling on the top, pressed the two parts of the "Ah, you do well to ask," said Eugenie, laughing; "I forgot that I was Hercules, and you portmanteau together, and Mademoiselle d'Armilly passed the bolt of the padlock through
13. Then, having blown out the lights, the two fugitives, looking and listening eagerly, with outstretched necks, opened the door of a dressing-room which led by a side staircase down to the yard,—Eugenie going first, and holding with one arm the portmanteau, which by the opposite handle Mademoiselle d'Armilly scarcely raised with both hands
14. She returned to Louise, took up the portmanteau, which
15. A porter was passing and they gave him the portmanteau; then the two young girls, having told him to take it to No
16. Eugenie ordered the porter to put down the portmanteau, gave him some pieces of money, and having rapped at the shutter sent him away
17. In a quarter of an hour the porter returned with a post-boy and horses, which were harnessed, and put in the post-chaise in a minute, while the porter fastened the portmanteau on with the assistance of a cord and strap
18. I dropped my portmanteau at the turnpike when I got down—change of linen—genuine—honor bright—more than fronts and wristbands; and with this suit of mourning, straps and everything, I should do you credit among the nobs here
19. At last he stopped opposite Bulstrode, and said, "I'll tell you what! Give us a couple of hundreds—come, that's modest—and I'll go away—honor bright!—pick up my portmanteau and go away
20. He was satisfied with his present success, and by three o'clock that day he had taken up his portmanteau at the turnpike and mounted the coach, relieving Mr
21. The bill was heavy, and since Raffles had no luggage with him, it seemed probable that he had left his portmanteau behind in payment, in order to save money for his travelling fare; for his purse was empty, and he had only a couple of sixpences and some loose pence in his pockets
22. Susannah ran up the Stair, lugging the Portmanteau, and reappear’d a Moment or two later, the Portmanteau now stuff’d unto the Bursting Point
23. Most privily, Susannah took this Opportunity of being upon bended Knee to reach into the stuff’d Portmanteau and extract from it a jewell’d Necklace of glitt’ring Diamonds which Lord Bellars had given me during my Lying-in (and which I was utterly astounded to see, thinking it had long since gone to pay our Creditors!)
24. Cocklyn) hurried us aboard, carrying our stuff’d Portmanteau; for he said he wanted us safely stow’d in his Cabin before the Tars could look us o’er properly (and perhaps discover us for the Women we were)
25. Whereupon, as I was seeking it in the Depths of the Portmanteau Susannah and I had dragg’d aboard, I chanced to remember the Witches’ Prophecy recited to me by poor dead Joan all those Months ago
26. He could not have been much more than thirty, and he carried a wicker portmanteau and a large leather satchel jammed with papers
27. Franz, Bilibin’s man, was dragging a portmanteau with some difficulty out of the
28. During one of these attacks they carried off my empty portmanteau and my dressing gown
29. He approached his bed, and his eyes rested, was it by chance? was it intentionally? on the inseparable of which Cosette had been jealous, on the little portmanteau which never left him
30. As my brother's party went on towards the crossroads to the south of Barnet they saw a woman approaching the road across some fields on their left, carrying a child and with two other children; and then passed a man in dirty black, with a thick stick in one hand and a small portmanteau in the other
31. A brougham stood before the door, and a big portmanteau had been strapped upon it
32. "One night during my accustomed visit to the neighbouring wood where I collected my own food and brought home firing for my protectors, I found on the ground a leathern portmanteau containing several articles of dress and some books
33. Have you a portmanteau?”
34. From under the bed there protruded an open portmanteau full of bundles of rags
35. “Katerina Maslova,” the president began, turning to the third prisoner, “you are accused of having come from the brothel with the key of the merchant Smelkoff’s portmanteau, money, and a ring
36. “Of having stolen out of the portmanteau money and a ring,” he repeated, “and shared it
37. “You seem to think that her having the key proves she is guilty of the theft; but what could be easier than for the servants to open the portmanteau with a false key after she was gone?”
38. “Oh, your excellency!” said Franz, with difficulty rolling the portmanteau into the vehicle, “we are to move on still farther
39. "The two minutes are up," said I, replacing my watch, and stooping for my portmanteau
40. The Honourable John appeared, resplendent in all the glory of a silk hat and frock coat, with a flower in his buttonhole, his hands gloved in lemon-coloured kids, and his feet shiny with patent leather; the people parted to let him pass, and stared at him as if he were a marquis at the very least, but the porter flung his portmanteau over the bulwarks like that of any other common tourist; John himself, with more agility than I gave him credit for, sprang aboard only just in time, as the men shouted "All clear aft, sir
41. It was confidently expected that some explanation, at least of these outrages, would be contained in his portmanteau; that under his powder-puff, or in his snuff box, some dust would be found to throw into the eyes of the American people, which might so far blind the sense, as to induce them to acquiesce in the enforcement of the non-intercourse, without any very scrupulous scrutiny into the performance of the conditions by Bonaparte
