brief bag
Example Sentences
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For Father we have bought a new brief bag because his own is so shabby that it makes us quite ashamed; but he always says: "It will do for a good while yet."
From A Young Girl's Diary by Paul, Eden
"Not on my own business, sir," replied Pett, laying his queer-looking white fingers on his brief bag.
From The Borough Treasurer by Fletcher, J. S. (Joseph Smith)
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 Magnay, William
"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 Fletcher, J. S. (Joseph Smith)
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 Zangwill, Israel
