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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun See mail-bag.

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Examples

  • That's why, except for the U.S. because of antitrust concerns Kodachrome was sold with processing included, with a mail-pouch to put the used cassette in to send to the Kodak lab.

    Archive 2009-11-01 Alison 2009

  • That's why, except for the U.S. because of antitrust concerns Kodachrome was sold with processing included, with a mail-pouch to put the used cassette in to send to the Kodak lab.

    The old order passes Edstock 2009

  • The letters are carried in a Government mail-pouch by an Indian runner who performs a feat of endurance which makes the Marathon race look like a game of croquet.

    Head Hunters of the Amazon: Seven Years of Exploration and Adventure 1923

  • And then he quickly shoved the letter inside the stranger's mail-pouch.

    The Tale of Kiddie Katydid Arthur Scott Bailey 1913

  • Then he put his hand inside his mail-pouch and pulled out a letter.

    The Tale of Kiddie Katydid Arthur Scott Bailey 1913

  • It was at lunch when McClintock announced that in the mail-pouch he had found a letter addressed to

    The Ragged Edge Harold MacGrath 1901

  • "There must be a hole in the mail-pouch," said the postmistress, in gentle distress.

    A Young Man in a Hurry and Other Short Stories 1899

  • The letters were soaked; the wrappers on newspaper and parcel had become detached; the interior of the government's mail-pouch resembled the preliminary stages of a paper-pulp vat.

    A Young Man in a Hurry and Other Short Stories 1899

  • The lame and tardy postmaster hobbled forth at last, and threw his mail-pouch up to the dashboard.

    The end of an era, 1899

  • Bareheaded and barelegged, with almost no clothing, this man made this trip each day, and, carrying on his back a mail-pouch weighing 40 pounds, moved gracefully and easily over his path, from time to time increasing his speed as though practicing, and then again more slowly to smoke a cigarette.

    Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine 1896

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