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postbag

 noun
     
Related topics: Mail
post‧bag British English
1 [singular]TCM all the letters received by an important person, television programme etc on a particular occasion:
We've had an enormous postbag on the recent programme changes.
2 [countable]TCM a bag for carrying letters, used by the person who delivers them [= mailbag American English]
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