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Gladstone bag
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Etymology
en British prime minister William E. Gladstone William Ewart Gladstone 1809 1898, a frequent traveller.
Noun
en dated An early hinged bag, a precursor of the modern briefcase.
en Gladstone
47 Cronshaw sat in the place of honour on a Gladstone bag, with his legs curled under him like a Turkish bashaw .
en 1961 March ""Balmore"" Driving and firing modern French steam locomotives Trains Illustrated 147 André produced a gigantic Gladstone bag and from it extracted a meal forever memorable - a "pique-nique" as he called it.
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