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brief case

brief case noun: used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see brief, case. Also the dated form of briefcase.

Noun

brief case (plural brief cases)

  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see brief, case.
    • Dwyer and Reid (2004) presented a brief case of a 45-year-old South African man admitted to a neurology unit with a left hemiparesis and Ganser’s syndrome.2007, James A. Cocores, Louis B. Schlesinger, V. Blair Mesa, “Ganser’s Syndrome, Prison Psychosis, and Rare Dissociative States”, in Louis B. Schlesinger, editor, Explorations in Criminal...

Also used as

brief case is also the dated form of briefcase.

Forms of brief case

pluralbrief cases

Questions about brief case

What does brief case mean?
Brief case means used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see brief, case.
What part of speech is brief case?
Brief case is a noun.
What is the plural of brief case?
The plural of brief case is brief cases.

Words near brief case in the dictionary

  1. Bridwell
  2. Bridwells
  3. brie
  4. brief
  5. brief against
  6. brief case
  7. brief cases
  8. brief-bag
  9. brief-bags
  10. briefable
  11. briefback

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