One after another I carried his portmanteaux to a loft in the top of the house which we kept locked; went to my own room for my keys, and, returning to the loft, had the gratification to find two that fitted pretty well.
In one of the portmanteaux there was a shagreen letter-case, which I cut open with my knife; and thenceforth (so far as any credit went) the man was at my mercy.
The portmanteaux were hauled up by a rope and shouldered by his guardian angels, and they toiled slowly up the steep.
So presently he came to an arrangement with an elderly party in blue, with a red-weathered face and grizzled hair, to put him and his two portmanteaux across to Sark for the sum of five shillings English.
The portmanteaux must be left behind, empty, or suspicion would be roused if by chance one of the family paid a visit to the master.
Pantulu stepped out of the carriage and directed the driver to place the two leather portmanteaux on the steps.
Except for the two portmanteaux it was devoid of all sign of the owner.
His portmanteaux and suit case remained untouched where he had thrown them; he had not the heart to unpack and pull out the various little luxuries which from long use in England were a necessity in his daily routine.
She looked at the two portmanteaux and considered how they could be moved out of the way.
His two portmanteaux were carried by a couple of coolies and placed without delay upon the roof of a hired gharry.
The larger of the two noble portmanteaux was opened; the neat square of gold-braided and coronetted brown velvet, with which Foxham always covered the contents of each box, was removed; and a pile of clothing was deftly excavated.
The packing of the portmanteaux and boxes with a nice judgment as to their proper weight and the neatness of top layers; all this was too well thought out to be the work of a lunatic.
On shipboard there had been little to unpack; but the contents of the portmanteaux must have been rudely stirred on the dock, and ought immediately to be rescued by an expert.
To be in order, I called in a solicitor named Price whom I knew, and a week after Massari's death we opened his portmanteaux together and examined the contents.
He was found in his room surrounded with portmanteaux crammed full of gems, and was detained pending inquiry.
Next day she arrived as she had threatened, and drove up to Scotland Yard in a cab, herself and children inside, her portmanteaux and a huge bath on the box.
Very quickly, with the help of drugget, scissors and twine, the two small portmanteaux were packed with pieces of the meteor, and the paper-covered parcels already prepared.
He transferred four of his portmanteaux to this secure environment--the fifth was sent to his hotel.
I have some portmanteaux that I want to store for the night.
A couple of stout but worn leather portmanteauxcaught his eye.
For Father Constantine never trusted his precious portmanteaux to the luggage van.
Not but what these portmanteauxcan be very fascinating.
But the limit of time was reached at last; the portmanteaux and a despatch box were recovered, but they held no will.
There had been portmanteaux sent down to Capetown, and there might yet be discovered a small despatch box, or a writing case, something or other that might hold a will.
The landlord of the Three Castles had shown Harry a bedchamber, but he had refused to have his portmanteaux unpacked, thinking that, for a certainty, the folks of the great house would invite him to theirs.
Her bandboxes and portmanteaux are filled with her best clothes and all her jewels.
We three went forward also, but we left our portmanteauxto take care of themselves.
We were the last to leave by the rope-ladder, handing down our portmanteaux before we descended ourselves; and the captain waved his hand to us from the bows before we vanished into the mist.
Sydney and I were ready, with our portmanteaux strapped and our caps on, but the Honourable John had not yet appeared.
Unless you are content to drag portmanteaux through the mob, you must 'foot' this first outrageous bill.
But it is one thing to buy a Yucatecan horse, and it is quite another to load him with portmanteauxsewn into sacks.
The portmanteaux he dragged along the veranda to the side of the steps leading down to the front garden.
At first he put it on the heap that he had turned out of the portmanteaux for destruction.
I have left my portmanteaux at the end of the pier,' he said lazily.
And we shall have to change our dusty clothes,' added the other; 'I hope that man will bring our portmanteaux in time.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "portmanteaux" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
