dispatch case

American  

noun

1. attaché case.

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dispatch case British  

noun

1. a case used for carrying papers, documents, books, etc, usually flat and stiff

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Etymology

Origin of dispatch case

First recorded in 1915–20

Example Sentences

He took his seat at the long, polished table, opened up his little tan leather dispatch case, waited for the conference to begin.

From Time Magazine Archive

Chained to Prince Stirbey's wrist as he slept that night was a small, red dispatch case containing, so it was said, Rumania's terms for quitting the war.

From Time Magazine Archive

On leave from the front, Maiya Sloboda, an army lieutenant in command of 100 men, looked more like a boy than an 18-year-old girl, in their olive-grey uniform with dispatch case hooked on the shoulder.

From Time Magazine Archive

In the Russians' car, in addition to pieces of espionage gear, the FBI men had found Butenko's dispatch case containing top-secret documents.

From Time Magazine Archive

To prove this, he produced from his dispatch case sundry papers.

From He Walked Around the Horses by Cartier, Edd