Explore Mailbags through 5 example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Mailbags meaning
plural of mailbag
Using Mailbags
- The main meaning on this page is: plural of mailbag
Context around Mailbags
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.4 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 3 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 5 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Mailbags
- In this selection, "mailbags" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, stolen and yorks stand out and add context to how "mailbags" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include content of mailbags has altered and for its mailbags was a. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "mailbags" sits close to words such as aaas, aacc and aacs, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with mailbags
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
They say the content of mailbags has altered dramatically since the pandemic. (12 words)
Ridgewell was moved into a department investigating mailbag theft, where he joined others with whom he split the profits of stolen mailbags. (22 words)
He further said that the mailbags for International Mail Office (IMO) at Lahore are exchanged via Wagah after clearance from Delhi Foreign Post Office (FPO). (25 words)
So far, the OED has heard from the UK postal service (where workers apparently call the trolleys that hold their mailbags “yorks”), the restaurant and hospitality sector, academia, and the legal marijuana trade. (33 words)
The decision by the British Post Office to use synthetic fibres for its mailbags was a further blow, contributing to the closure of the island's flax mills in 1965. (30 words)
He further said that the mailbags for International Mail Office (IMO) at Lahore are exchanged via Wagah after clearance from Delhi Foreign Post Office (FPO). (25 words)
Example sentences (5)
They say the content of mailbags has altered dramatically since the pandemic.
Ridgewell was moved into a department investigating mailbag theft, where he joined others with whom he split the profits of stolen mailbags.
He further said that the mailbags for International Mail Office (IMO) at Lahore are exchanged via Wagah after clearance from Delhi Foreign Post Office (FPO).
So far, the OED has heard from the UK postal service (where workers apparently call the trolleys that hold their mailbags “yorks”), the restaurant and hospitality sector, academia, and the legal marijuana trade.
The decision by the British Post Office to use synthetic fibres for its mailbags was a further blow, contributing to the closure of the island's flax mills in 1965.