dispatch box

noun

a case or box used to hold valuables or documents, esp official state documents

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Examples from the Web for dispatch box

He wrote a lot of letters this morning and put them in his dispatch-box.
'Farewell, Nikola'|Guy Boothby
He had secured his papers in the dispatch-box, and had just closed and locked it, when he heard the door cautiously opened.
The Black Robe|Wilkie Collins
He had brought a dispatch-box with him; he put it on the table and slowly unlocked it.
The World's Greatest Books, Vol VI.|Various
There was no carpet there, and no dispatch-box, and the only book in the room was a little dog's-eared dictionary.
He Knew He Was Right|Anthony Trollope