What is a Portmanteau?
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I believe it is a suitcase.
Camel Toe on actress Natalie Portman?
I’m behind King Tiger, but in expansion I think it best describes a traveler’s trunk, hinged on the side and opens to clothing hanging, like a portable closet.
I like Ragin Dave’s answer better.
I spent much of sixth-grade summer camp reading “The Portmanteau Book” by Thomas Rockwell, which had a cover decked out like a suitcase with all sorts of stickers from around the world. It had a variety of stories, poems, jokes, cool drawings, and all-around subversive material that was quite enjoyable. I’m pretty sure it also included a definition of “portmanteau” for the unenlightened.
It’s still a great book for smart kids that age.
It’s a combination of two words into one word, an example being the URL of my blog, NRAhab, which is a portmanteau of NRA and Ahab.
But then again, I am a stick in the mud.
Hmm, would that make you a “stud?”
A leather case, vaguely cylindrical, with straps and buckles to close it up.
Pre-Victorian era luggage, basically.
I am involved, on occasion, with fur trade re-enacting … I do know some folks who can sell you a new one if you really need one.
“Fur Trade re-enacting”
I seem to recall a local police sting operation that was arresting guys who were seeking company in that line of work.
sometimes I KILL ME