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Definition of Postbag
1. Noun. Letter carrier's shoulder bag. "In Britain they call a mailbag a postbag"
Definition of Postbag
1. Noun. (British) A bag used for carrying post (mail) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Postbag
1. a mailbag [n -S] - See also: mailbag
Lexicographical Neighbors of Postbag
Literary usage of Postbag
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Survey of English Literature 1780-1880 by Oliver Elton (1920)
"Thomas Moore : Moore's circle and its atmosphere ; his satirical verse; The Fudge
Family and The Twopenny postbag, etc. ..."
2. The Letters of Henry James by Henry James (1920)
"And during my first three or four here my postbag was enormously—appallingly—heavy:
I almost turned tail and re-embarked at the sight of it. ..."
3. Macmillan's Magazine by David Masson, George Grove, John Morley, Mowbray Morris (1883)
"The morning had fully come, the night coach from " the south" had arrived at the
inn, and Duncan with the postbag was coming along the still water, ..."
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