battered briefcase
Frequency: 3.50.8 per million words
describes a briefcase that is old and damaged from use
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Examples (10)
- He wore a torn suit and carried a battered briefcase.
- The old professor placed his battered briefcase on the desk, its leather cracked with age.
- Inside the dusty attic, they found a battered briefcase filled with old letters.
- Despite its appearance, the battered briefcase held important legal documents.
- The detective stared at the single piece of evidence: a battered briefcase left at the crime scene.
- My grandfather has used the same battered briefcase for over thirty years.
- The lawyer's battered briefcase was a testament to his long and successful career.
- He was a traveling salesman with nothing but a battered briefcase full of samples.
- The handle of the battered briefcase finally broke, spilling papers all over the pavement.
- You can tell a lot about a person from their shoes and, in his case, his battered briefcase.