mailbag

[ meyl-bag ]

noun
  1. a large bag used by mail carriers for carrying mail, usually equipped with a shoulder strap.

  2. a large bag or pouch used in transporting mail in bulk from general post offices to branch offices, from city to city, etc.

Origin of mailbag

1
First recorded in 1805–15; mail1 + bag

Words Nearby mailbag

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How to use mailbag in a sentence

  • The president riposted by laying claim to a bigger mailbag: “I get 40,000 emails a day,” he said.

    Obama in Enemy Territory | Tunku Varadarajan | March 17, 2010 | THE DAILY BEAST
  • I wiped her off the side of the car like a mailbag is clipped from the fast express by the catch-hook.

    Highways in Hiding | George Oliver Smith
  • A fast train whiffled through the town and they baggage-hooked a mailbag off the car at about a hundred and fifty per.

    Highways in Hiding | George Oliver Smith
  • Among other outrages, a mailbag was stolen from the York postboy, on the evening of February 22 in that year.

  • All of them therefore jumped up to greet the bearer of the mailbag, being greatly interested in news from the home folks.

  • But the policeman had a mailbag to deliver that night, and we had to push on.

British Dictionary definitions for mailbag

mailbag

mailsack or sometimes US mailpouch

/ (ˈmeɪlˌbæɡ) /


noun
  1. a large bag used for transporting or delivering mail

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