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Gladstone bags

Gladstone bags is the plural of Gladstone bag.

Meaning of Gladstone bag

Noun

Gladstone bag (plural Gladstone bags)

  1. (dated) An early hinged bag, a precursor of the modern briefcase.
    • 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
    Synonyms:
    Gladstone

Questions about Gladstone bags

What is Gladstone bags the plural of?
Gladstone bags is the plural of Gladstone bag.

Words near Gladstone bags in the dictionary

  1. gladsomest
  2. Gladson
  3. Gladsons
  4. Gladstone
  5. Gladstone bag
  6. Gladstone bags
  7. Gladstone claret
  8. Gladstone clarets
  9. Gladstone collar
  10. Gladstone collars
  11. Gladstone Park

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