attaché case
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of attaché case
First recorded in 1900–05
Example Sentences
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One could not leave the building without a thorough search of anything you were carrying: book, box, bag, magazine, folder, briefcase or attaché case, whatever.
From Washington Post • Jan. 16, 2023
I had this attaché case that my father had given me.
From New York Times • Oct. 28, 2022
In his hand was a black attaché case.
From Salon • Sep. 7, 2020
Actually, maybe it was more of an attaché case?
From Slate • Aug. 20, 2020
He rose to his feet, clutching the little attaché case which he invariably carried with him as a kind of emblem of office.
From The Yellow Streak by Williams, Valentine
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