Примеры употребления для portmanteau
1. He discards policies and defines himself as a portmanteau of values.
2. The gentlemans portmanteau had been forced open between London and Carlisle and the diamond pin abstracted.
3. Throw in a machete–wielding Zulu avenger and a serial killer called "the G–String Strangler" and you‘ve got a portmanteau drama that makes City of God look like Dynasty.
4. But blockbuster fans will not be disappointed at the 62nd Venice Film Festival, with extravaganzas including Terry Gilliam‘s maximalist "The Brothers Grimm". Also screening on Thursday, though out of competition, is "All the Invisible Children", a portmanteau film collating seven moving stories on the plight of children by eight directors, including Emir Kusturica, Spike Lee and Ridley Scott.
5. As part of the portmanteau of royal prerogative powers, it was inherited by the prime minister and cabinet when monarchical rule was neutered in 1688 – and used by Neville Chamberlain to declare war on Hitlerite Germany (on behalf of the entire empire!) in 1'3'. But it‘s tricky.