Gladstone bag
English edit
Etymology edit
Named after British prime minister William E. Gladstone (1809–1898), a frequent traveller.
Noun edit
Gladstone bag (plural Gladstone bags)
- (dated) An early hinged bag, a precursor of the modern briefcase.
- Synonym: Gladstone
- 1961 March, ""Balmore"", “Driving and firing modern French steam locomotives”, in Trains Illustrated, page 147:
- André produced a gigantic Gladstone bag and from it extracted a meal forever memorable - a "pique-nique" as he called it.
Further reading edit
Gladstone bag on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
