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    portmanteau
    /pɔːtˈmantəʊ/

    noun

    • 1. a large travelling bag, typically made of stiff leather and opening into two equal parts.
    • 2. a word blending the sounds and combining the meanings of two others, for example motel or brunch: "podcast is a portmanteau, a made-up word coined from a combination of the words iPod and broadcast"

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