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dispatch case

dispatch case noun: a flat, stiff case used for carrying papers, documents, books, etc.

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
    • There is the long row of year-books which fill a shelf, and there are the dispatch-cases filled with documents, a perfect quarry for the student not only of crime, but of the social and official scandals of the late Victorian era.1927, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, The Adventure of the Veiled Lodger (The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes), published 1927

Forms of dispatch case

pluraldispatch cases
alternative formdespatch case

Questions about dispatch case

What does dispatch case mean?
Dispatch case means a flat, stiff case used for carrying papers, documents, books, etc.
What part of speech is dispatch case?
Dispatch case is a noun.
What is the plural of dispatch case?
The plural of dispatch case is dispatch cases.

Words near dispatch case in the dictionary

  1. dispassioned
  2. dispassions
  3. dispatch
  4. dispatch box
  5. dispatch boxes
  6. dispatch case
  7. dispatch cases
  8. dispatch money
  9. dispatch moneys
  10. dispatch rider
  11. dispatch riders

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