All 6 Uses of
portfolio
in
Jane Eyre
- As I was going upstairs to fetch my portfolio and pencils, Mrs. Fairfax called to me: "Your morning school-hours are over now, I suppose," said she.†
Chpt 11
- Well, fetch me your portfolio, if you can vouch for its contents being original; but don't pass your word unless you are certain: I can recognise patchwork."†
Chpt 13
- I brought the portfolio from the library.†
Chpt 13 *
- I had scarce tied the strings of the portfolio, when, looking at his watch, he said abruptly — "It is nine o'clock: what are you about, Miss Eyre, to let Adele sit up so long?†
Chpt 13
- Mrs. Fairfax folded up her knitting: I took my portfolio: we curtseyed to him, received a frigid bow in return, and so withdrew.†
Chpt 13
- One day he had had company to dinner, and had sent for my portfolio; in order, doubtless, to exhibit its contents: the gentlemen went away early, to attend a public meeting at Millcote, as Mrs. Fairfax informed me; but the night being wet and inclement, Mr. Rochester did not accompany them.†
Chpt 14
Definition:
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(portfolio as in: a leather portfolio) a flat, thin case for carrying papers, drawings, etc.