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portmanteau word definition

portmanteau word

a coined word that is a combination of two other words in form and meaning; blend (Ex.: smog, from smoke and fog)

Etymology: coined by Lewis Lewis Carroll in Through the Looking-Glass

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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