Mail-bag

  • 11bag — n Bag, sack, pouch denote a container made of a flexible material (as paper, cloth, or leather) and open or opening at the top. Bag is the widest in its range of application and is referable to anything that comes under this general description… …

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  • 12bag — n 1. pouch, sack, Midland U.S. and Scot. poke, Southwestern U.S. alforja, Chiefly Scot. pocket, Obs. budget; pack, packet, satchel, container, receptacle, reticule. 2. purse, (in Scottish Highland costume) sporran, change purse, money bag;… …

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  • 13Mail hook — Demo of the mail hook pulling a mail bag on Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad #1923 at the Illinois Railway Museum. A mail hook is an installation at a railroad where a mail sack can be hung, to be picked up by a passing train without the… …

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  • 14mail — I. n. 1. Armor, defensive covering. 2. Post, conveyance for mailed matter. 3. Mailed matter. 4. Mail bag. II. v. a. Put in the mail, put in the post office, send by post, post …

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  • 15mail — mail1 [māl] n. [ME male < OFr < MHG malhe, a traveling bag < OHG malaha, wallet] 1. a) Now Scot. a bag or piece of baggage b) Archaic a bag or packet of letters, etc. to be transported by post 2. a) letters, papers, packages, etc. h …

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  • 16bag|man — «BAG muhn», noun, plural men. 1. U.S. Slang. a person to whom graft or protection money is given and who, in turn, delivers it to the person for whom it is intended. 2. U.S. a postal employee who handles and checks bags of mail. 3. British. a… …

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  • 17mail — Ⅰ. mail [1] ► NOUN 1) letters and parcels sent by post. 2) the postal system. 3) email. ► VERB 1) send by post. 2) send post or email to …

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  • 18Like a Diranbandi mail bag — ugly …

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  • 19like a diranbandi mail bag — Australian Slang ugly …

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  • 20Mail — For other uses, see Mail (disambiguation). For electronic mail, see Email This article is about Postal services. For other uses, see Postal service (disambiguation). A collection of British pillar boxes at the Inkpen Post Box Museum, near Taunton …

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