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mail·bag

(māl′băg′)

1. A large canvas sack used for transporting mail.

2. A bag suspended from the shoulder, used by letter carriers for carrying mail.

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mailbag

(ˈmeɪlˌbæɡ) ,

mailsack

mailpouch

a large bag used for transporting or delivering mail

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mail•bag

(ˈmeɪlˌbæg)

n.

1. a mail carrier's bag.

2. a sack for shipping mail.

[1805–15]

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Noun	1.	mailbag - pouch used in the shipment of mail mail pouch diplomatic pouch - a mail pouch that is sealed shut and that is used to carry communications between a legation and its home office pouch - a small or medium size container for holding or carrying things
	2.	mailbag - letter carrier's shoulder bag; "in Britain they call a mailbag a postbag" postbag bag - a flexible container with a single opening; "he stuffed his laundry into a large bag"

Translations

كيس البَريد

poštovní pytel

postsæk

Postsack

sac postal

postazsák

póstsekkur

sacco postale

postsekk

vrece na poštu

posta torbası/çantası

邮袋

mailbag

[ˈmeɪlbæg] N → saca f de correos

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

mailbag

[ˈmeɪlbæg] n

(= sack) → sac m postal

(= letters to newspaper, radio programme, MP etc) → courrier m

mailbag

[ˈmeɪlˌbæg] n → sacco postale, sacco delle poste

mail

(meil) noun

letters, parcels etc by post. His secretary opens his mail.

verb

to send by post.

ˈmailbag noun

a bag for letters etc. The letters are put into mailbags and sent to London by train.

ˈmailbox noun

a postbox.

ˈmailman (-mӕn) noun

(American) a postman.

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