post-bag
AmericanEtymology
Origin of post-bag
First recorded in 1805–15
Example Sentences
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During all the days of your absence, my heart was in the post-bag.
From The Daughter Pays by Mrs. Baillie Reynolds
If he were, his post-bag would be a hundred times heavier than it is already, and it is quite heavy enough as it is!
From The Lure of the Pen A book for Would-Be Authors by Flora Klickmann
The post-bag comes in at this time every evening, and each of us instantly opens and reads whatever it brings him or her,--the contents often give us matter for discussion and conversation.
From Quicksands by Adolph Streckfuss
The afternoon would have passed innocently and peacefully, if Daniel Sadenwater had not brought in the post-bag.
From An Old Story of My Farming Days Vol. II (of III). (Ut Mine Stromtid) by Fritz Reuter
Three or four days after the return of Mrs. Burton and Eloise it was his turn to open the post-bag.
From A Soldier's Son by Maude M. Butler
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