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

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

On leave from the front, Maiya Sloboda, an army lieutenant in command of 100 men, looked more like a boy than an 18-year-old girl, in their olive-grey uniform with dispatch case hooked on the shoulder.

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

This stranger was a gentlemanly-appearing person, dressed in traveling clothes, who had under his arm a small leather dispatch case.

From He Walked Around the Horses by Cartier, Edd