dispatch case
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of dispatch case
First recorded in 1915–20
Example Sentences
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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
From his dispatch case Anthony Eden withdrew a document.
From Time Magazine Archive
Chained to Prince Stirbey's wrist as he slept that night was a small, red dispatch case containing, so it was said, Rumania's terms for quitting the war.
From Time Magazine Archive
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
He opened his shabby dispatch case, and showed it full of papers.
From Mystery at Geneva An Improbable Tale of Singular Happenings by Dame Rose Macaulay
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