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- noun Plural form of
postbag .
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Examples
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It would be remarkable "Wally Range" if the postbags for the two editions were distinct and separate.
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MPs, who have a keen eye on public sentiment, are able to judge the temperature on specific topics by reference to their voluminous postbags.
Archive 2007-03-01 Helen 2007
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Completed ballot papers may be dumped into postbags if there are not enough ballot boxes at polling stations on Thursday, the Independent
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The Post Office said 750 postbags had been left unprocessed at the
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Yes, O Citoyens, we are signaling; it is a device, this, worthy of the Republic; a thing for what we will call far-writing without the aid of postbags; in Greek it shall be named Telegraph.
Notable Events of the Nineteenth Century Great Deeds of Men and Nations and the Progress of the World Various 1870
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Yes, O Citoyens, we are signaling: it is a device this, worthy of the Republic; a thing for what we will call Far-writing without the aid of postbags; in Greek, it shall be named
The French Revolution Thomas Carlyle 1838
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One day a thousand copies of a scurrilous pamphlet went out by the postbags.
The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 3 Thomas Babington Macaulay Macaulay 1829
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The King's speech, the joint address of both Houses, the Association framed by the Commons, and a proclamation, containing a list of the conspirators and offering a reward of a thousand pounds for the apprehension of any one of them, were soon cried in all the streets of the capital and carried out by all the postbags.
The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 4 Thomas Babington Macaulay Macaulay 1829
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We are regularly told that animal welfare issues fill MPs 'postbags, so animal health and welfare issues should be a major priority for politicians.
Epolitix News 2010
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Finally I could quickly produce a figure showing the development of references to their constituent mail: btw the search is intelligent enough to look for the word "postbag" as well as similar words such as "postbags" or "post bag"
People.oii 2010
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