"brief case" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: brief cases [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} brief case (plural brief cases)
  1. Dated form of briefcase. Tags: alt-of, dated Alternative form of: briefcase
    Sense id: en-brief_case-en-noun-yCk98TCb Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 66 34 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 77 23 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 86 14
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see brief, case.
    Sense id: en-brief_case-en-noun-Dj9RqI65

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          "text": "That master expounder of eloqution, the Earl of Fuzzilania la Stoner, ambled into a certain room on the lower corridor (number not mentioned) and asked ye scribes and scribesses if the satchel, which he insinuates is a brief case, had been turned in and if so, where.",
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