mailing tube


noun
  1. an elongated cylinder of cardboard, used for mailing rolled-up papers, magazines, etc.

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How to use mailing tube in a sentence

  • In this case the test tube was plugged with cotton and inserted in a wooden mailing tube to exclude the light.

  • He found a mailing chute, and popped the mailing tube down the slot as if he were glad to be rid of it.

    Bear Trap | Alan Edward Nourse
  • The illustrations show two methods of securing papers or photographs in a mailing tube.

  • In his hand he carried what looked like a small club, but proved on closer examination to be a mailing-tube.

    Sube Cane | Edward Bellamy Partridge