portmanteaus
- plural of portmanteau.
Example Sentences
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The grammar of German means that it is a language in many ways uniquely suited to combining existing words to make longer but highly specific portmanteaus.
From Slate ● Feb. 25, 2025
But in this landscape where we are weary of all these turduckened portmanteaus, the Double Down just doesn’t pack the same culinary gut punch that it once did.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 7, 2023
The goofiest of these portmanteaus, and one of the more enduring, involved the carryall.
From New York Times ● Nov. 8, 2021
In that first iteration, the anonymous writer explained “hatriot” in almost bemused terms as just one then recent example of portmanteaus like “Republocrat”.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 7, 2019
He went into New York, bought two portmanteaus, had the initials "G. D." painted on them, and to them transferred the contents of the bags with which he had left the farm.
From '?19,000' by Delannoy, Burford
