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mailbag

[meyl-bag]

mail·bag

[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.

Origin:
1805–15; mail1 + bag
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Mailbag is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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World English Dictionary
mailbag, sometimes (US) mailsack or sometimes (US) mailpouch (ˈmeɪlˌbæɡ)
 
n
a large bag used for transporting or delivering mail
 
mailsack, sometimes (US) mailsack or sometimes (US) mailpouch
 
n
 
mailpouch, sometimes (US) mailsack or sometimes (US) mailpouch
 
n

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