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post-bag

[ pohst-bag ]

noun

, British.
  1. a batch of mail from a single delivery.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of post-bag1

First recorded in 1805–15
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Example Sentences

However, she saw when it was put into the post-bag, that it was for Lady Morville.

Whenever we come to a village we stop and get down, and our little conductor disappears into the post-office for the post-bag.

As soon as her clouded brain understood who wanted her, she was ready to throw her post-bag to the winds.

Like the letter it was, as part of the contents of a well-stuffed post-bag, delivered in due course at the right address.

One morning, after the arrival of the post-bag, Mabel came running up to her friend with a look of bright animation on her face.

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