diplomatic bag
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English
Noun
diplomatic bag (plural diplomatic bags)
- A container with letters etc from representatives of a given country to another country, which has immunity from examination by customs officials.
- 1941 October, “Railway Literature”, in Railway Magazine, page 480:
- King's Messenger, 1918-1940: Memoirs of a Silver Greyhound. By George P. Antrobus, O.B.E., King's Foreign Service Messenger 1918-1940. London: Herbert Jenkins Ltd. Price 10s 6d net. [...] His occasional journeys with the diplomatic bags was not a task the author greatly relished.
Synonyms
- diplomatic pouch (US)