post-bag

American  

[pohst-bag] / ˈpoʊstˌbæg /

noun

British.

1. mailbag.

2. a batch of mail from a single delivery.

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Etymology

Origin of post-bag

First recorded in 1805–15

Example Sentences

Ah!" said Gavin Douglas, one morning, about a fortnight after the above parting, as the family were seated round the breakfast-table, "there is the post-bag.

From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 14 by Various

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 Reuter, Fritz

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 Auerbach, Berthold

And I used to be watching for old Matty Flanaghan going by with the post-bag, and the Keoghs coming back from early Mass—’twas as good as an extra clock for telling the time.

From Humours of Irish Life by Various

He placed the letter on one side to answer; the post-bag had to be at Boonara next day.

From The Sweep Winner by Gould, Nat