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mailbag Definition

mail·bag (māl′bag′)

noun

  1. a bag, as of leather, used for deliveries by a mail carrier
    also mail pouch
  2. a heavy canvas bag in which mail is transported
    also written mail sack
mailbag Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • have: Officer and I have two mailbags full of document, he has me draw a side arm before we get into the whaleboat.
  • get: Carlson tells the women they will get work sewing mailbags.
  • sew: Do you treat them, or do you make them sew mailbags?

Adjective modifier

  • big: In fact the camp now gets a nice big mailbag every day but we'd like to see it grow even bigger.

Preposition: on

  • page: Year 5: Term 3 Turn to Mailbag on page 21 and read the star letter: 1. What is the letter about?

Modifies a noun

  • page: A mailbag page allows children to have their say.
  • item: Funny, I tho we did publish a correction about that in the same Mailbag item.
  • letter: If somebody has an idea how to do something like that for the Mailbag letters, we can consider it.
  • section: The Editor wrote: The question will be published in the Mailbag section of the November issue, to be published this Friday.

Possessives

  • month: Interactive - Letters to the Editor Amiga developer boxes and Amiga Format closure covered in this months ' mailbag.
  • week: Recent events, however, have forced me to grab this week's mailbag by the, well, bag - if you follow.

Noun used with modifier

  • sewing: Carlson tells the women they will get work sewing mailbags.