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postbag

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postbag [ˈpəʊstˌbæg]
n
1. Chiefly Brit another name for mailbag
2. the mail received by a magazine, radio programme, public figure, etc.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.postbag - letter carrier's shoulder bagpostbag - letter carrier's shoulder bag; "in Britain they call a mailbag a postbag"
bag - a flexible container with a single opening; "he stuffed his laundry into a large bag"
Translations
postbag [ˈpəʊstbæg] N (Brit) (= sack) → saco m postal; (= letters) → correspondencia f, cartas fpl
it arrived in my postbagllegó en mi correo
he received a heavy postbagrecibió muchas cartas
postbag [ˈpəʊstbæg] n (British) [politician, newspaper, programme] to receive a large postbag → recevoir de nombreuses lettres
He received a large postbag from readers across the world → Il a reçu de nombreuses lettres de lecteurs du monde entier.
postbag [ˈpəʊstˌbæg] n (Brit) → sacco postale, sacco della posta


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The postbag, that evening--it came late--contained a letter for me, which, however, in the hand of my employer, I found to be composed but of a few words enclosing another, addressed to himself, with a seal still unbroken.
Having placed his completed note in the postbag, he silently signed to Arnold to follow him into the garden.
 
 
 
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