note-case

When he had not returned in a reasonable time, I further began to wonder if perhaps I had been abandoned -- I will admit that I even felt at my inner pocket to reassure myself that my note-case was still with me.

The Beekeeper's Apprentice King, Laurie R. 2006

He accepted his money with an owlish blink, watched me slip the note-case back into my pocket, and said,

The Beekeeper's Apprentice King, Laurie R. 2006

I started to pull my note-case from my pocket, by way of surety, then stopped; there was something more appropriate than mere money.

The Beekeeper's Apprentice King, Laurie R. 2006

Holmes reached into his inner pocket and pulled out his long leather note-case, taking from it a slip of paper with some notes in a small, difficult, but precise hand: his handwriting.

Locked Rooms King, Laurie R. 2005

Holmes reached into his inner pocket and pulled out his long leather note-case, taking from it a slip of paper with some notes in a small, difficult, but precise hand: his handwriting.

Locked Rooms King, Laurie R. 2005

The old detective shrugged his shoulders, and taking out his note-case selected the two notes he had mentioned.

The White Cottage Mystery Allingham, Margery, 1904-1966. n 50021032-1 1975

He reached for a leather note-case lying beside my papers on the desk and thrust it into an inside pocket.

Fear is the Key MacLean, Alistair 1961

I got out my note-case and produced a card; he went fumbling in the tail pockets of his coat till he produced a pair of iron-rimmed spectacles with which to scrutinize it.

Marazan Shute, Nevil, 1899-1960 1951

What strengthened this surmise was the fact that a fragment of a purple morocco note-case still adhered to her dress.

International Miscellany of Literature, Art and Science, Vol. 1, No. 3, Oct. 1, 1850 Various

Rescue_ (for you certainly used something as a book-marker) and finally turning out in front of all the other passengers the whole of your note-case, which proves that you cannot have been going to stay at the

Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 159, 1920-07-28 Various