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To: ProtectOurFreedom
That may possibly be the very first time in my 72 years I’ve used the word “portmanteau.”

A verse from the Irish ditty "Leaving Tipperary" (aka "Goodbye Mick"):

In my portmanteau I have some cabbage, beans and bacon
and if you think I can't eat that, well there's where you're mistaken
For if the ship will pitch and toss, for half a dozen farthings
I'll take me bundle on me back and walk to Castle Gardens.

There's also a Bluegrass version with different words.

56 posted on 06/07/2023 9:20:13 AM PDT by JimRed (TERM LIMITS, NOW! Militia to the border! TRUTH is the new HATE SPEECH.)
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To: JimRed

“portmanteau” is a weird word with completely unrelated meanings. In that ditty you quoted, it is a synonym for “suitcase.”

In my quote, it means mashing two words together to create an entirely new word.


58 posted on 06/07/2023 11:32:34 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (I don’t like to think before I say something...I want to be just as surprised as everyone else.)
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