[
UK
/mˈeɪlbæɡ/
]
[ US /ˈmeɪɫˌbæɡ/ ]
[ US /ˈmeɪɫˌbæɡ/ ]
NOUN
- pouch used in the shipment of mail
-
letter carrier's shoulder bag
in Britain they call a mailbag a postbag
How To Use mailbag In A Sentence
- When their mailbags are bulging with outraged voters, they respond.
- You'll also get a real mailbag, with, like, replies and stuff, tomorrow.
- Professor Behan was representing Christine Perry, a former post office worker who alleged that she developed multiple sclerosis as a result of falling over a mailbag at work.
- Since the controversial programme was broadcast, the BBC's mailbag has been bulging.
- Work in British prisons has too often involved sewing mailbags.
- The unions usually object to prisoners being given gainful employment, whether sewing mailbags or breaking up rocks, on the grounds that it undercuts free labour.
- But a current policy paper, Burial Law and Policy in the 21st Century, proposing radical new ways of treating the dead and their resting places, is likely to result in a huge mailbag from the general public.
- If people find mail or mailbags they should contact us.
- York Alcohol Advice Service's mailbag has been full since urging people to sign specially-designed postcards which call on the Department of Health to invest more in alcohol treatment services.
- Since the controversial programme was broadcast, the BBC's mailbag has been bulging.