attaché case

American  

noun

1. a flat, usually rigid, rectangular briefcase for carrying business papers, documents, or the like.

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attaché case British  

noun

1. a small flat rectangular briefcase used for carrying documents, papers, etc

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Etymology

Origin of attaché case

First recorded in 1900–05

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Example Sentences

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attaché case

More controversially, players will have the option to automatically sort their inventory instead of solving a Tetris-like puzzle inside an attaché case — a minigame many found soothing.

From New York Times ● Mar. 23, 2023

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

In his hand was a black attaché case.

From Salon ● Sep. 7, 2020

But underneath that also lay a nagging self-consciousness—I didn’t want to be the proverbial only kid with an attaché case ever again.

From Slate ● Aug. 20, 2020

All the rest of her belongings were contained in a little attaché case of grey duck, so flat that it seemed impossible that it could contain anything.

From The Idol of Paris by Sarah Bernhardt

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