"`motel' is a portmanteau word made by combining `motor' and `hotel'. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
"`brunch' is a well-known portmanteau. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
The great champion of New York starchitecture happens to not like the term, which he calls a portmanteau for the “churlish.”. From Wordnik.com. [The 100 Most Powerful People in New York Real Estate] Reference
My portmanteau is cantilivered and needs bracing. From Wordnik.com. [Perez Hilton thanks Miss California for giving him the chance to make gay marriage a big news topic all last week.] Reference
Nobody speaks in portmanteau sentences, so they are inherently pretentious and tend to sound pompous. From Wordnik.com. [2009 February 24 « One-Minute Book Reviews] Reference
A portmanteau is a word that turns your wracked brain into a mental case. From Wordnik.com. [Making Light: Open thread 136] Reference
In my portmanteau were all my boots, my uniform, and my flannel waistcoats. From Wordnik.com. [The Autobiography of Liuetenant-General Sir Harry Smith, Baronet of Aliwal on the Sutlej, G. C. B.] Reference
The portmanteau was a small black leather one; I saw that gentleman in King-street. From Wordnik.com. [The Trial of Charles Random de Berenger, Sir Thomas Cochrane, commonly called Lord Cochrane, the Hon. Andrew Cochrane Johnstone, Richard Gathorne Butt, Ralph Sandom, Alexander M'Rae, John Peter Holloway, and Henry Lyte for A Conspiracy In the Court of King's Bench, Guildhall, on Wednesday the 8th, and Thursday the 9th of June, 1814] Reference
The Animanachronism coined the portmanteau GARSTURBATION, which FEELS SO RIGHT if you ask me. From Wordnik.com. [Anime Nano!] Reference
I left my check book in my portmanteau, which is still on the way and I find I haven't a cent. From Wordnik.com. [Grace Harlowe's Plebe Year at High School The Merry Doings of the Oakdale Freshmen Girls] Reference
The portmanteau was the sign of youth and progress; old-fashioned people stuck to the carpet bag. From Wordnik.com. [Fifty Years of Railway Life in England Scotland and Ireland]
Blends also known as portmanteau words are words created by joining words together - usually parts of two words. From Wordnik.com. [August 2009] Reference
Then he would have told you that cremains falls into the same category as brunch and is known as a portmanteau word. From Wordnik.com. [New York Review: The Collected Stories Of Lydia Davis] Reference
All right, who knows what 'portmanteau' means in French?. From Wordnik.com. [Making Light: Open thread 136] Reference
Indeed, it is a "portmanteau" word with scatological roots. From Wordnik.com. [Taylor Marsh: PUMA Crowd Courts Ridicule] Reference
For to the student of etymology the very word portmanteau -- ". From Wordnik.com. [Gallantry Dizain des Fetes Galantes] Reference
It's a "portmanteau" of REFUSE and REPUDIATE, hence REFUDIATE. From Wordnik.com. [Latest Articles] Reference
The term seems to be a "portmanteau" word created from the combination of the terms smartphone and notebook. From Wordnik.com. [OSNews] Reference
"portmanteau" segments which are sporadically shown on Italian TV. From Wordnik.com. [Home Theater Forum] Reference
"portmanteau" phrase, for it holds so much, and one must feel it strongly to escape the pitfalls of period furnishing. From Wordnik.com. [Furnishing the Home of Good Taste A Brief Sketch of the Period Styles in Interior Decoration with Suggestions as to Their Employment in the Homes of Today] Reference
Lord Wolseley (who would insist on carrying Gordon's portmanteau). From Wordnik.com. [General Gordon Saint and Soldier] Reference
And turning toward me, she added: 'Marechal, pack up your portmanteau. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
He has yon big portmanteau of his, and a parcel of something or other. From Wordnik.com. [The Drone A Play in Three Acts] Reference
'I didn't dare to bring a portmanteau, miss, or even your dressing-bag. From Wordnik.com. [Sarah's School Friend] Reference
Each portmanteau taken from the station to the cab, 6 sous; bag, 2 sous. From Wordnik.com. [The South of France—East Half] Reference
Porters, for carrying each portmanteau from the station to a cab, 2 sous. From Wordnik.com. [The South of France—East Half] Reference
Go in the night, bring it away in your portmanteau, and I will plant it in my garden. From Wordnik.com. [Highways & Byways in Sussex] Reference
"The two minutes are up," said I, replacing my watch, and stooping for my portmanteau. From Wordnik.com. [Adventures in Many Lands] Reference
He glanced from the window to the rack opposite to him, where his portmanteau was lying. From Wordnik.com. [Antony Gray,—Gardener] Reference
"We're not used to grand folk," she said, a trifle awed by the sight of the portmanteau. From Wordnik.com. [The Village by the River] Reference
I dismissed the jarvey, left my portmanteau at the door, and wandered out into the night. From Wordnik.com. [My New Curate] Reference
"A valise and a half, two bags and a portmanteau -- enough for three people," he growled. From Wordnik.com. [Pushed and the Return Push] Reference
But Toady Lion was sitting upon a buffet, in the character of Morris upon his portmanteau. From Wordnik.com. [Red Cap Tales Stolen from the Treasure Chest of the Wizard of the North] Reference
Some time ago the police of Scotland arrested two men and one woman upon suspicion of having stolen the portmanteau. From Wordnik.com. [The Youth's Companion Volume LII, Number 11, Thursday, March 13, 1879] Reference
I spoke about as being in the old portmanteau, were a number of letters written in characters I could not understand. From Wordnik.com. [The Motor Pirate] Reference
He tossed his things into a portmanteau, got the one available trap to carry them to the station, and caught the night mail. From Wordnik.com. [Nell, of Shorne Mills or, One Heart's Burden] Reference
Cyril had cleaned her shoes and the family portmanteau, an ugly black thing, and run half a dozen errands grumblingly -- all for Dot!. From Wordnik.com. [An Australian Lassie] Reference
His curiosity being next attracted by my portmanteau, which was lying open on a chair, he strode up and peered into it most attentively. From Wordnik.com. [The International Magazine, Volume 2, No. 2, January, 1851] Reference
Staycation is a portmanteau that combines “stay” and “vacation” and refers to a holiday that takes place either at or near home. From Wordnik.com. [Buzzword: Staycation] Reference
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