mailbag

noun

mail·​bag ˈmāl-ˌbag How to pronounce mailbag (audio)
1
: a letter carrier's shoulder bag
2
: a pouch used in the shipment of mail

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Naturally, the fan base has some questions about the lame start to the exhibition slate, so The Observer has brought back the Panthers mailbag to make sense of it all. Mike Kaye august 20, Charlotte Observer, 20 Aug. 2025 When will last week’s mailbag publish? — @jimmy0726 It was published, as usual, on Friday of last week. Jon Wilner, Mercury News, 15 Aug. 2025 Brad Biggs addresses these questions and more in his weekly Bears mailbag. Chicago Tribune, 13 Aug. 2025 But a complaint that gets tossed into Honk’s electronic mailbag every now and then is about the lane markings themselves on various highways. Jim Radcliffe, Oc Register, 20 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for mailbag

Word History

First Known Use

1812, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of mailbag was in 1812

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“Mailbag.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mailbag. Accessed 27 Aug. 2025.

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