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mailbag

[ UK /mˈe‍ɪlbæɡ/ ]
[ US /ˈmeɪɫˌbæɡ/ ]
NOUN
  1. pouch used in the shipment of mail
  2. 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.
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