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Gladstone bag   /glˈædstˌoʊn bæg/   Listen
Gladstone bag

noun
1.
A large travelling bag made of stiff leather.  Synonyms: Gladstone, portmanteau.






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"Gladstone bag" Quotes from Famous Books



... turned over it, standing between the legs of the stool. The big trunk is in front of sofa, and packed, and it has a swing tray under which is packed a fancy evening gown; the lid is down. On top of lid are an umbrella, lady's travelling-coat, hat and gloves. On left end of sofa are a large Gladstone bag, packed and fastened, a smaller trunk (thirty-four inch), tray with lid. In tray are articles of wearing apparel. In end of tray is revolver wrapped in tissue-paper. Trunk is closed, and supposed to be locked. Tossed across left arm of armchair are couple of violet cords. ...
— The Easiest Way - Representative Plays by American Dramatists: 1856-1911 • Eugene Walter

... never lose a sense of the whimsical and perilous charm of daily life, with its meetings and words and accidents. Why, to-day, perhaps, or next week, I may hear a voice, and, packing up my Gladstone bag, follow it to the ends ...
— Trivia • Logan Pearsall Smith

... me was the Commandant's packing—how to get all the things he had brought with him into one small Gladstone bag and a sleeping-sack. There was a blue serge suit, two sleeping-suits, a large Burberry, a great many pocket-handkerchiefs, socks and stockings, an assortment of neckties, a quantity of small miscellaneous objects ...
— A Journal of Impressions in Belgium • May Sinclair



Words linked to "Gladstone bag" :   travelling bag, grip, portmanteau, Gladstone, traveling bag, bag, suitcase



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