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Meanings of briefcase in English

Russian
портфель
Catalan
maletí
Spanish
maletin

Item to store possessions in.

портфель
Usage of briefcase in English
1
Surely that's not a good explanation for the state of your briefcase.
Explosive
2
I carry in my briefcase a paper copy of the US Constitution.
Wired
3
He carried a small briefcase and looked like ten million other businessmen.
Immortality Inc.
4
What would the AIs in the briefcase do if given the opportunity?
Fractures - Extraordinary Tales from the Halo Canon
5
Soon my briefcase was stuffed with get-well cards and notes of concern.
11/22/63
6
He pulled a paper from his briefcase and handed it to me.
Fatal Voyage
7
She wore a navy blue business suit and carried a leather briefcase.
Ancient shores
8
She doesn't see the perfectly manicured letters that wait in his briefcase.
Bird Box
9
A woman asked Tom for change and dropped everything in her briefcase.
The new yorker
10
Quinlan extracted a Q-tip from a clear plastic tube in his briefcase.
Seven Minutes in Heaven
11
J.J. closed his rule book, slipped it in his well-worn calfskin briefcase.
The man who ate the 747
12
The roboutler delivered them to Pondicherry, who stuffed them in a briefcase.
A Place so Foreign
13
Luckily, he had carried in his briefcase stationery with an official letterhead.
Death of a Red Heroine
14
The briefcase leans against the wall, within arm's reach of his body.
Bird Box
15
In the car K discovered his address book was in his briefcase.
The new yorker
16
She pulled her credentials from her briefcase, held them open for him.
The bone chamber
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Translations for briefcase
Catalan
maletí
Briefcase through the time
Briefcase across language varieties
United States of America
Common
Ireland
Less common
United Kingdom
Rare