Gladstone bag en · NOUN
Etymology
Named after British prime minister William E. Gladstone (1809–1898), a frequent traveller.
Meanings
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(dated) An early hinged bag, a precursor of the modern briefcase.
André produced a gigantic Gladstone bag and from it extracted a meal forever memorable - a "pique-nique" as he called it.
1961 March, ""Balmore"", “Driving and firing modern French steam locomotives”, in Trains Illustrated, page 147:Cronshaw sat in the place of honour on a Gladstone bag, with his legs curled under him like a Turkish bashaw […].
1915, W. Somerset Maugham, chapter 47, in Of Human Bondage:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
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| Gladstone bags | Number=Plur | lexicographic |