Gladstonen.
/ˈɡladstən/ Used attributively or elliptically to designate certain articles.
a. Gladstone (claret): a jocular name given to the cheap French wines, the importation of which greatly increased in consequence of the reduction in Customs duty made by Gladstone while Chancellor of the Exchequer in 1860.
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the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > wine > class or grade of wine > [noun] > cheap or inferior wine
drum-winea1640
red ink1849
Gladstone (claret)1864
pinkie1897
dago red1906
pinard1917
ink1918
plonk1927
grocer's Graves1931
grocer's wine1931
nelly1941
Red Ned1941
vaaljapie1945
purple death1947
grocer's sherry1958
papsak2004
1864 Athenæum 558/3 The word ‘Gladstone’ will probably continue to indicate those French wines which his Act cheapened for the general market.
1871 A. Trollope Ralph the Heir iii Yes, we've got sherry, and port wine, and Gladstone.
1884 A. Birrell Obiter Dicta 86 To make him unbosom himself over a bottle of Gladstone claret.
b. Gladstone (bag): a light kind of portmanteau or travelling-bag.
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society > travel > aspects of travel > a journey > [noun] > luggage > travelling bag > hand-held
mailc1275
clothesack1393
cloak-bagc1540
portmanteau1553
valance?a1562
pockmanty1575
cap-case1577
cloak-bearer1580
night baga1618
valisea1630
toilet1656
Roger1665
shirt case1823
weekend case1827
carpet-bag1830
holdall1851
handbag1859
suitcase1873
sample case1875
gripsack1877
case1879
grip1879
Gladstone (bag)1882
traveller1895
vanity-case1913
luggage1915
revelation1923
two-suiter1923
overnight bag1925
one-suiter1933
suiter1933
overnight case1934
Samsonite1939
flight bag1943
Pullman1946
grip-bag1958
overnighter1959
carry-on1960
Vuitton1975
go bag1991
1882 M. E. Braddon Mt. Royal III. i. 11 Hamleigh's servant sitting behind, walled in by a portmanteau and a Gladstone-bag.
1887 E. J. Goodman Too Curious vi With his Gladstone-bag in his hand.
1889 J. K. Jerome Three Men in Boat iv. 54 We got a big Gladstone for the clothes.
c. ‘A roomy four-wheeled pleasure carriage with two inside seats, calash top, and seats for driver and footman’ (Webster 1864).
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online March 2019).
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