Gladstone bag
noun
a small rectangular suitcase hinged to open into two compartments of equal size.
Also called
Gladstone.
Origin of Gladstone bag
First recorded in 1880–85; after W.E.
Gladstone
Example sentences from the Web for gladstone bag
But who makes a practice nowadays of putting books into his suit-case or gladstone-bag?
The Book-Hunter at Home |P. B. M. Allan
British Dictionary definitions for gladstone bag
Gladstone bag
noun
a piece of hand luggage consisting of two equal-sized hinged compartments
Word Origin for Gladstone bag
C19: named after W. E.
Gladstone