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Gladstone bag

–noun
a small rectangular suitcase hinged to open into two compartments of equal size.
Also called Gladstone.


Origin:
1880–85; after W.E. Gladstone
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Gladstone bag  
n.  A piece of light hand luggage consisting of two hinged compartments.

[After William Ewart Gladstone.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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