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pockmanteau
pockmanteau Sc. Also poke-, poak-, pack-, -mantie, -manty, -manky. Corruption of portmanteau, confused with pock, poke, bag.1583 Leg. Bp. St. Androis 564 How y{supt} his packmantie was maed, I think it best for to declair. 1638 J. Row Red-Shankes Serm. (1828) B iv b, They were posting to Rome with a...
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packmantie
packmantie obs. Sc. var. pockmanteau, etc., portmanteau.
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poakmantie
▪ I. poak(e (pəʊk) [Origin obscure.] (See quots.)1846 Worcester, Poake, waste arising from the preparation of skins, composed of hair, lime, and oil. Farm. Encycl. 1858 Simmonds Dict. Trade, Poak.▪ II. poak(e, poakmantie obs. ff. poke, pockmanteau.
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portmanteau
▪ I. portmanteau, n. (pɔətˈmæntəʊ) Forms: see below. [ad. F. portemanteau (1547 in Godef. Compl.) an officer who carries a prince's mantle, a valise, a clothes-rack, f. porte- + manteau (OF. mantel) mantle; see also manteau, mantua, pockmanteau.] 1. a. A case or bag for carrying clothing and other n...
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