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Portmanteau is itself a portmanteau word formed from the French words porter (“to carry”) and manteau (“cloak”).
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Portmanteau is itself a portmanteau word formed from the French words porter (“to carry”) and manteau (“cloak”).
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There was a funny book for kids called The Portmanteau Book by Thomas Rockwell, which had a story embedded in the index, along the lines of:
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"Portmanteau" is rarely used to refer to a suitcase in English any more, since that type of a suitcase has fallen into disuse.
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My words will be imaginotions, penandinkumpoops, whimpusles, mere boojums rather than classic snarks, for I shall not construct “Portmanteau” words, like Lewis Carroll.
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Portmanteau lines are those jawbreakers that contain so many phrases or clauses, you get lost in the middle.
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Portmanteau sentences often help a book qualify for a Delete Key Award for bad writing, the shortlist for which will appear Thursday.
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Portmanteau in name and in dress, they merge the sacred and the profane.
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Portmanteau works well for this story, too, letting surprising revelations fall in unexpected places.
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Unless Barack Obama and Mighty Joe Oldster are "doin 'it" they should not have a Portmanteau.
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