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despatch case

despatch case is the alternative spelling of dispatch case.

Meaning of dispatch case

Noun

dispatch case (plural dispatch cases)

  1. A flat, stiff case used for carrying papers, documents, books, etc.
    • He picked up his dispatch-case, mildewed under the buckles, from the desk-chair in the lounge, and walked to the door which led from the flat to the world of boys.1956, Anthony Burgess, Time for a Tiger (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 44

Forms of despatch case

pluraldespatch cases

Questions about despatch case

What is despatch case the alternative spelling of?
Despatch case is the alternative spelling of dispatch case.

Words near despatch case in the dictionary

  1. desparples
  2. desparpling
  3. despatch
  4. despatch box
  5. despatch boxes
  6. despatch case
  7. despatch cases
  8. despatched
  9. despatcher
  10. despatchers
  11. despatches

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