dispatch case

American  

noun

1. attaché case.

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dispatch case British  

noun

1. a case used for carrying papers, documents, books, etc, usually flat and stiff

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Etymology

Origin of dispatch case

First recorded in 1915–20

Example Sentences

Shastri, who had spent most of the 2�-hour flight with his bare feet propped up on a metal dispatch case as he perused official papers, landed almost on the run.

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

In the Russians' car, in addition to pieces of espionage gear, the FBI men had found Butenko's dispatch case containing top-secret documents.

From Time Magazine Archive

Eben the Spy had disappeared, and with him every stiver of the Prince's money, which had been kept in a leathern dispatch case carefully stowed beneath the seat of the carriage.

From Patsy by Crockett, S. R. (Samuel Rutherford)