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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD GLADSTONE BAG

Named after W. E. Gladstone.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF GLADSTONE BAG

Gladstone bag play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF GLADSTONE BAG

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Gladstone bag is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES GLADSTONE BAG MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Gladstone bag

Gladstone bag

A Gladstone bag is a small portmanteau suitcase built over a rigid frame which could separate into two equal sections. Unlike a suitcase, a Gladstone bag is "deeper in proportion to its length." They are typically made of stiff leather and often belted with lanyards. The bags are named after William Ewart Gladstone, the four-time Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.

Definition of Gladstone bag in the English dictionary

The definition of Gladstone bag in the dictionary is a piece of hand luggage consisting of two equal-sized hinged compartments.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE GLADSTONE BAG

Gladstone
gladvert
Gladwrap
Gladwrapped
Gladwrapping
glady
Glagolitic

WORDS THAT END LIKE GLADSTONE BAG

air bag
bean bag
blue bag
carry-on bag
clutch bag
coffee bag
douche bag
duffle bag
ice bag
in the bag
let the cat out of the bag
message bag
musette bag
plastic bag
polythene bag
shopping bag
shoulder bag
sleeping bag
sponge bag
tote bag

Synonyms and antonyms of Gladstone bag in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «Gladstone bag» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF GLADSTONE BAG

Find out the translation of Gladstone bag to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of Gladstone bag from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «Gladstone bag» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

格莱斯顿袋
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

bolsa de Gladstone
570 millions of speakers

English

Gladstone bag
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

ग्लैडस्टोन बैग
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

حقيبة جلادستون
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Гладстон мешок
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

saco de Gladstone
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

গ্ল্যাডস্টোন ব্যাগ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

sac Gladstone
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Beg Gladstone
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Reisetasche
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

グラッドストーンバッグ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

글래드스톤 가방
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Tas Gladstone
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

túi Gladstone
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கிளாட்ஸ்டோன் பை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

ग्लेडस्टोन पिशवी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Elmas çantası
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

borsa Gladstone
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Gladstone torba
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Гладстон мішок
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

sac Gladstone
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

Gladstone bag
15 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Afrikaans

Gladstone sak
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

Gladstone påse
10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

Gladstone bag
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of Gladstone bag

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «GLADSTONE BAG»

The term «Gladstone bag» is normally little used and occupies the 134.943 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «GLADSTONE BAG» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about Gladstone bag

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GLADSTONE BAG»

Discover the use of Gladstone bag in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Gladstone bag and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Gladstone Bag
The languid pace of life in Colonial China amuses Peter, but as the bombs fall and Japan mobilises Peter realises the depth of the British myopia in the face of the impending Japanese Invasion.The novel has been informed by author Urusla ...
Ursula Ryland, 2011
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The Gladstone Bag
On an island of misfit artists, it’s Aunt Emma’s turn to play detective Though a few years past sixty, Sarah Kelling’s Aunt Emma is as vigorous as a girl of twenty-two.
Charlotte MacLeod, 2012
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Titanic Survivor: The Newly Discovered Memoirs of Violet ...
It was an open gladstone bag, filled with gleaming gold sovereigns. The man who had brought it up came from the purser's office. He was taking a breather, for it was very heavy and he yet had to move it to a lifeboat. Somebody else passed by ...
Violet Jessop, John Maxtone Graham, 2004
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The First British Commonwealth: Essays in Honour of Nicholas ...
equality and self-determination had been borrowed from English social democrats and Indian nationalists to be added to the worn South African outfit in the Gladstone bag: a socialist notion of colonial trusteeship as a means of uplifting the ...
Norman Hillmer, Philip G. Wigley, 1980
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From London Far
He had been shambling forward and now stopped by a table where he proceeded to thrust into a Gladstone bag a massive and shiny object which Meredith at once identified as a something worse than mediocre Graeco-Roman bust.
Michael Innes, 2001
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William Osler: A Life in Medicine
Needing a container that locked, he transferred the brain to his Gladstone bag. He told the porter that the bag contained ptarmigan and had to be kept in a cool place. 'I got the brain to Montreal in reasonably good condition. W.O. expressed ...
Michael Bliss, 2002
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The Secret Marriage of Sherlock Holmes and Other Eccentric ...
Admitted by the jailer, Holmes slips quietly into the cell and removes from his Gladstone bag a great bath sponge, which he wets and applies to the blackened face of the sleeping Boone. The prisoner awakes in shock and dismay as Holmes  ...
Michael Atkinson, 1998
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Halfhyde Ordered South
Mr Todhunter, sweating now with apprehension, turned and made his way down to his cabin: he must have his Gladstone bag with him. In that Gladstone bag had at one time or another reposed all Mr Todhunter's directives and warrants and ...
Philip McCutchan, 2005
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The Kindly Ones
There lay the suitcase into which these things were to be packed, beside it, the Gladstone bag to which Albert had referred, a large example of its kind, infinitely ancient, perhaps the very one with which Uncle Giles had arrived at Stonehurst on ...
Anthony Powell, 2011
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Elizabeth Stride and Jack the Ripper: The Life and Death of ...
Chances are it was because of the press accounts from Mortimer, who saw Goldstein carrying such a bag, a common type of bag typically referred to as a gladstone bag, after Prime Minister Gladstone, even though the original model was ...
Dave Yost, 2008

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «GLADSTONE BAG»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term Gladstone bag is used in the context of the following news items.
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Eclectic mix at auction
... campaign Bergere chair, £50; Osram Four new music magnet valve radio, £40; pine R A officer's trunk, £38; and a Gladstone bag, £35. «The Cornishman, Jul 15»
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Boris Enright: The man under 'that' hat
med low. With a few teammates and coaches watching on, he roamed the streets of Geelong dressed up as a salesman. Gladstone bag and all. «Fox Sports, Jun 15»
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It's time to pull your head in, Jonathan Brown
In every sense, the former Brisbane Lions champion harks back to days when players thought “accessorising was a Gladstone bag containing ... «The New Daily, Jun 15»
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“The final dance to the bottom came with the sacking of Mick …
Big Nick then headed off to the change rooms with his Gladstone bag under his gigantic arm. And that was it. The die was cast. In that brief ... «The Australian, May 15»
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Why the IV drip is popular with Rita Ora, Cara Delevingne and …
... on a pile of cushions, ready to be flooded with vitamin-laden fluids from a pouch on a collapsible stand that he pulls out of his Gladstone bag. «Evening Standard, May 15»
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Limey Liars & the Country That Doesnt Love Them
... (and brewed a nice cup of tea) and the great Liberal Party reformer (and luggage innovator of Gladstone bag fame) William Gladstone. «Daily Beast, May 15»
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Patrick Gale: 'I turned my great-grandfather gay'
We were imaginatively brought-up children so of course we had a dressing-up box. Actually it was better than a box; it was a Gladstone bag of ... «The Guardian, Mar 15»
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Marissa Mayer Has Completed Step One
The team led Yahoo to glory, defining the modern Internet portal, a digital Gladstone bag which either had or pointed to all you needed: mail, ... «Backchannel, Mar 15»
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Derby County: Remembering the men who wielded the magic …
The tools of his trade were a bucket and sponge and a Gladstone bag stuffed with bandages and preparations. Muscle strains were treated with ... «Derby Telegraph, Feb 15»
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Honoring Nellie Bly's trip 125 years ago, a British woman retraces …
Her only luggage was a 16-by-7-inch Gladstone bag. PG graphic: Nellie Bly's around-the-world route (Click image for larger version). «Pittsburgh Post Gazette, Jan 15»

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