portmanteau

  1. Noun.  A large travelling case usually made of leather, and opening into two equal sections.
  2. Noun.  (Australia, dated) A school bag; often shortened to ''port'' or ''school port''.
  3. Noun.  (linguistics) A portmanteau word.
  4. Adjective.  (context, used only before a noun) Made by combining two words, stories, etc., in the manner of a linguistic portmanteau.

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