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mailbag

[ meyl-bag ]

noun

  1. a large bag used by mail carriers for carrying mail, usually equipped with a shoulder strap.
  2. a large bag or pouch used in transporting mail in bulk from general post offices to branch offices, from city to city, etc.


mailbag

/ ˈmeɪlˌbæɡ /

noun

  1. a large bag used for transporting or delivering mail


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Word History and Origins

Origin of mailbag1

First recorded in 1805–15; mail 1 + bag

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Example Sentences

The president riposted by laying claim to a bigger mailbag: “I get 40,000 emails a day,” he said.

I wiped her off the side of the car like a mailbag is clipped from the fast express by the catch-hook.

A fast train whiffled through the town and they baggage-hooked a mailbag off the car at about a hundred and fifty per.

Among other outrages, a mailbag was stolen from the York postboy, on the evening of February 22 in that year.

All of them therefore jumped up to greet the bearer of the mailbag, being greatly interested in news from the home folks.

But the policeman had a mailbag to deliver that night, and we had to push on.

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