A portmanteau is a large suitcase. The word comes from French porter carry and manteau mantle, or cloak â so it's what you carry your clothes in. Or, a portmanteau is a word made by combining two other words. You might remember portmanteau from Lewis Carroll's Through the Looking Glass, where Humpty Dumpty explains to Alice the portmanteau word, in which two meanings are packed up into one word. So, according to Humpty Dumpty, slithy means lithe and slimy, and mimsy is flimsy and miserable.
to be as ugly as a mud fence definition, to be as ugly as a mud fence meaning | English dictionary. Search also in: Web News Encyclopedia Images. ugly. adj , -lier, -liest. 1 of unpleasant or unsightly appearance. 2 repulsive, objectionable, or displeasing in any way. war is ugly. 3 ominous or menacing.
Trivia [edit | edit source]. 1  When a fence gate is placed between 2 cobblestone walls (of either type) it will stoop down slightly to match the height of the cobblestone wall. 2  If the fence gate is placed next to only 1 (mossy) cobblestone wall, or vice versa, it will not lower.he drawback, however, is that a skeleton might shoot over the wall, a creeper could explode if a player is standing near the wall and a spider could still climb over the wall. Unlike fences, if two cobblestone walls are placed one block apart diagonally, you cannot walk between them.