LekhoriLekhoriA large travelling case usually made of leather, and opening into two equal sections.
Rodolphus therefore finding such an earnest Invitation, embrac'd it with thanks, and with his Servant and Portmanteau, went to Don Juan's; where they first found good Stabling for their Horses, and afterwards as good Provision for themselves.
A schoolbag.
A word formed by putting two words together and thereby their meaning e.g. shrinkflation.
Well then, ‘mimsy’ is ‘flimsy and miserable’ (there’s another portmanteau for you).
Made by combining two (or more) words, stories, etc., in the manner of a linguistic portmanteau.
The overall narrator of this portmanteau story - for Dickens co-wrote it with five collaborators on his weekly periodical, All the Year Round - expresses deep, rational scepticism about the whole business of haunting.
To create a portmanteau word.
From Middle French portemanteau (“coat stand”), from porte (“carries”, third-person singular present indicative of porter (“to carry”)) + manteau (“coat”), literally “[that which] carries coat”.
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