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)
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
With this final piece of advice, Thorndyke collected the papers for his day's work, and, having deposited them in his brief bag, took his departure, leaving me to my meditations.
From The Mystery of 31 New Inn by Freeman, R. Austin (Richard Austin)
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
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
