post-bag
AmericanEtymology
Origin of post-bag
First recorded in 1805–15
Example Sentences
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Lootz was summoned through the speaking-tube, the letter was put into the post-bag, and Lootz departed.
From Villa Eden: The Country-House on the Rhine by Berthold Auerbach
The daily task of receiving the post-bag, unlocking it, sorting, and then distributing the contents, was always such a pleasure to the elder children that they had agreed to take it by turns.
From A Soldier's Son by Maude M. Butler
Whenever we come to a village we stop and get down, and our little conductor disappears into the post-office for the post-bag.
From Sea and Sardinia by D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence
On the same Sunday morning, when the Freiherr opened the post-bag, the first thing he took out was a newspaper in an envelope.
From A Noble Name or D?nninghausen by Claire Von Gl?mer
Korlin Kegel came in, bringing the post-bag, and stood there as if she wanted to do something, then unlocked the bag, and laid a letter on the table before her mistress, and again stood still.
From Seed-time and Harvest A Novel by Fritz Reuter
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