as in suitcase
a bag carried by hand and designed to hold a traveler's clothing and personal articles
carried her possessions with her in an old portmanteau
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Recent Examples of portmanteau
In addition to her projects with RT Features, Sotomayor’s other credits include pandemic era portmanteau film The Year of the Everlasting Storm, which premiered at the 2021 Cannes Film Festival and was released by Neon, as well as her debut feature Thursday Till Sunday.
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Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 22 Sep. 2025
But expertise is a portmanteau for both skills and experience – a bag begging to be unpacked.
—Ryan Craig, Forbes.com, 12 Sep. 2025
Indeed, the whole bag is Fair Wear certified, meeting labor standards for safety, health, and wellness of those who made this peerless portmanteau.
—Jeremy White, Wired News, 25 Aug. 2025
The term gerrymandering is a portmanteau of the words salamander and the surname of Elbridge Gerry, a vice president of the United States in the early 19th century.
—Amanda Castro
hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Aug. 2025
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Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 22 Sep. 2025
But expertise is a portmanteau for both skills and experience – a bag begging to be unpacked.
—Ryan Craig, Forbes.com, 12 Sep. 2025
Indeed, the whole bag is Fair Wear certified, meeting labor standards for safety, health, and wellness of those who made this peerless portmanteau.
—Jeremy White, Wired News, 25 Aug. 2025
The term gerrymandering is a portmanteau of the words salamander and the surname of Elbridge Gerry, a vice president of the United States in the early 19th century.
—Amanda Castro
hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for portmanteau
Noun
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The wheels, for example, are oversized so the suitcase is easy to drag over bricks, curbs, dirt, or up steep hills.—
The Editors,
Outside,
1 Feb. 2026
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The L’Occitane bath products very well may end up in your suitcase.—
Liz Humphreys,
Condé Nast Traveler,
1 Feb. 2026
Noun
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The suspect then used a credit card in the wallet to make a fraudulent purchase totaling approximately $107.—
Anne Gelhaus,
Mercury News,
1 Feb. 2026
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Users can manage funds in a mix of fiat and cryptocurrency — including holdings like Bitcoin and Ethereum — and transact globally with a single card or digital wallet.—
Nia Bowers,
USA Today,
1 Feb. 2026
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“Portmanteau.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/portmanteau. Accessed 2 Feb. 2026.
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