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Originally appearing in Volume V22, Page 123 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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PORTMANTEAU , a See also:

LEATHER (a word which appears in all Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Leder, Dutch leer or leder, Swed. leder, and in such Celtic forms as Welsh llader)
LEATHER, ARTIFICIAL

leather See also:

case or See also:

TRUNK (Fr. tronc, Lat. truncus, cut off, maimed)

trunk for carrying articles of See also:

PERSONAL

personal use when travelling. The typical portmanteau of the See also:

PRESENT

present See also:

day has two compartments which, fastened at the back by hinges, See also:

close together like a See also:

BOOK

book. The See also:

ORIGINAL

original portmanteau (adopted from Fr. portmanteau, See also:

porter, to carry, manteau, cloak, See also:

MANTLE

mantle) was a flexible See also:

ROUND (O. Fr. rond, Lat. rotundus, the Fr. is the source also of Du. rond; Ger., Swed., Dan. and Nor. rond)

round leather case to hold a cloak or other garment and of such a shape as could conveniently be carried on a rider's See also:

SADDLE (a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Sattel, Dut. zadel, also in Russ. siedlo and Lat. sella, for sedla; it is not derived directly from Lat. sedile, which means a chair, but all the words are to be referred to the root sad-, which gives

saddle. In See also:

French the word was also applied to a See also:

BRACKET

bracket or set of pegs on which to hang clothes. C. L. See also:

DODGSON, CHARLES LUTWIDGE

Dodgson (" See also:

Lewis See also:

Carroll ") in Through the Looking See also:

Glass (" The See also:

SONG

Song of the Jabberwock ") used the expression " portmanteau word " of an invented word composed of two words run together and supposed to convey humorously the combined meaning: thus " slithy " conveys slimy and lithe; " mimsy," flimsy and miserable.

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