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

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Example Sentences

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dispatch case

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

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

His bright yellow dispatch case bulging with documents, Secretary Acheson took his weary bones up to Capitol Hill for a closed session with the Republicans.

From Time Magazine Archive

From his dispatch case Anthony Eden withdrew a document.

From Time Magazine Archive

I wonder, though, that they left me my dispatch case.

From He Walked Around the Horses by Edd Cartier

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