brief bag
Example Sentences
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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 William Magnay
"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 J. S. (Joseph Smith) Fletcher
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 R. Austin (Richard Austin) Freeman
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 Horace W. C. (Horace Wykeham Can) Newte
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 Israel Zangwill
