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A professional-looking elderly man with a brief bag in his hand who had been regarding the group with some attention now came forward.

From A Poached Peerage by William Magnay

"Not on my own business, sir," replied Pett, laying his queer-looking white fingers on his brief bag.

From The Borough Treasurer by J. S. (Joseph Smith) Fletcher

He carried the manuscript unostentatiously about in a long brief bag, while the book was writing, and worked at it during all his spare moments.

From The King of Schnorrers Grotesques and Fantasies by Israel Zangwill

"Oh, it's nothing much," remarked Pett, with a laugh as he drew from the brief bag what looked like an old quarto account book, fastened by a brass clasp.

From The Borough Treasurer by J. S. (Joseph Smith) Fletcher

Opening his suit-case he took out his brief bag and laid it on the desk in front of him together with the package of letters.

From The Red Seal by Natalie Sumner Lincoln


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