portemanteau

Example Sentences

• "Then there is such a getting up-stairs with portemanteaus and carpet-bags in the Gross-Herzog; […]"
• "Bending low, he caught the whisper, “Read,” and following his eyes to the small stand before mentioned, among some articles that had been taken from his portemanteau, to administer to his comfort, he noticed a small pocket Bible."
• "I started later & only got to Rodborough turnpike, we sent the donkey cart for his portemanteau; […]"
• "Perhaps they are very intimate and he only came to Pineside for the purpose of being near her. If I thought this, I should go on my knees to mamma concerning the matter of making him pack his portemanteau instantly."
• "A. Lovrek, of Vienna, for “Improvements in the shape and arrangement of portemanteaus.”—2 years.—(Public.)—Dated 13th May, 1873."
• "They travelled on as proposed. From Boston (where Eugene found his portemanteau, which he had telegraphed to have sent there) to New York, from New York up the Hudson, between tree-clothed villa-dotted banks, or pale cliffs beetling and bare, at whose foot could be seen darting along, like brilliant snakes, long trains of cars painted brightest orange or vermilion."