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

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

"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)

"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)

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 Lincoln, Natalie Sumner