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diplomatic bags

diplomatic bags is the plural of diplomatic bag.

Meaning of diplomatic bag

Noun

diplomatic bag (plural diplomatic bags)

  1. A container with letters etc from representatives of a given country to another country, which has immunity from examination by customs officials.
    • King's Messenger, 1918-1940: Memoirs of a Silver Greyhound. By George P. Antrobus, O.B.E., King's Foreign Service Messenger 1918-1940. London: Herbert Jenkins Ltd. Price 10s 6d net. [...] His occasional journeys with the diplomatic bags was not a task the author greatly relished.1941 October, “Railway Literature”, in Railway Magazine, page 480

Questions about diplomatic bags

What is diplomatic bags the plural of?
Diplomatic bags is the plural of diplomatic bag.

Words near diplomatic bags in the dictionary

  1. diplomated
  2. diplomates
  3. diplomatese
  4. diplomatic
  5. diplomatic bag
  6. diplomatic bags
  7. diplomatic corps
  8. diplomatic flu
  9. diplomatic immunity
  10. diplomatic mission
  11. diplomatic missions

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