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Answer for the clue "Carrier for documents ", 9 letters:
briefcase

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Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
A briefcase is a case for carrying documents. The term may also refer to: In computing: Briefcase (Microsoft Windows) Yahoo! Briefcase , formerly a free file hosting service by Yahoo! Briefcase, a virtual file system used in DOS Navigator orthodox file ...

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"portable folding case for holding papers," 1926, from brief (n.) in the paper sense + case (n.2).

Usage examples of briefcase.

Inside, she picked up a briefcase, set it on the bureau top, and took out a flat box of the kind used for carrying storage chips.

He placed it in his briefcase, then headed directly for the washroom where he lathered his hands with antibacterial soap brought from home.

She gathered her take-home work, baby-sitter and child-care lists and stuffed everything into her briefcase.

The gold Rolex, the white linen bush jacket, the Thai Bhat chain around his neck, the heavy leather briefcase with combination locks on every zipper.

Kellogg was one to keep you off balance, for as she began doling out the contents of her briefcase, she explained that her sister-in-law had a bicornuate uterus.

The bookkeeper felt his legs trembling and sat on the edge of a chair, but did not forget to pick up his briefcase.

He put his jacket on, picked up his briefcase, and took the hand Brownfield extended.

Matthew Canfield leaned forward, taking the briefcase off his lap and placing it at his feet.

The briefcase came loose, and Canfield removed his hat, overcoat, and uniform jacket, throwing them on an easy chair.

As he cracked the cellophane wrapping, Miller glanced into the briefcase and noticed Corde staring at a photo taped to the inside.

The young man with the briefcase retreated ultra-nervously and in panic ran away, and Filmer, regaining control of himself, began looking around in the general direction of stewards and pressmen to see if any of them had noticed.

Grand Central Station near the taxicab entrance about two-thirty this afternoon, when this fellow Gimble shows with a suitcase and a briefcase, coming from the lower level train platforms.

Richard Haines hung up, picked up his briefcase, and moved quickly to join the throng headed for the departure gates.

In the seat to his left, Special Agent Richard Haines sat with his briefcase on his lap, reading papers by the light of a tiny overhead spot.

I laid my head on my briefcase, covering my face with my headcloth, and slept like the dead, only to be woken again and told to mount.