He put his shirt in a large leather portmanteau. what do you think portmanteau means?

The word was adopted from the French. Its meaning refers to a large valise, case, trunk or suitcase. What is characteristic of this kind of luggage is that it opens up into two equal parts and it is made of stiff leather. It is no longer a very common travelling item but certain fashion firms, like Burberry, still carry them in their catalogues.

shakespeare was famous for writing in iambic pentameter, which is a specific way of rhyming sonnet lines in ten syllables. there are also forms of unrhymed iambic pentameter, as in macbeth, with the noble characters.

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