dispatch case
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of dispatch case
First recorded in 1915–20
Example Sentences
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Kubitschek was merely imploring the photographers to end their demands for "just one more," while a smiling, relaxed Dulles held a green Brazilian dispatch case containing the joint declaration they were about to sign.
From Time Magazine Archive
Thomas J. Davis, carrying a bulky dispatch case.
From Time Magazine Archive
The news that the Chancellor brought forth from the dispatch case was almost all bad.
From Time Magazine Archive
Boyishly, Cripps slapped his battered red leather dispatch case onto the table, grinned as he began a long review of Britain's economic position.
From Time Magazine Archive
I wonder, though, that they left me my dispatch case.
From He Walked Around the Horses by Cartier, Edd
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