brief bag

Example Sentences

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"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)

She was beginning to regret her precipitancy, when she saw him walking down the road to the station, carrying a much worn leather brief bag.

From Sparrows: the story of an unprotected girl by Newte, Horace W. C. (Horace Wykeham Can)

The sides and gussets in the carpet bag are cut straight from top to bottom, but in the brief bag they must be shaped to fit the frame, and give it a more comely appearance.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 561, October 2, 1886 by Various

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

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