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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
parcel bomb
noun
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ He would leave the packet open so that the desk sergeant saw they were not getting a parcel bomb.
Wiktionary
parcel bomb

n. A bomb, disguised as a parcel, set to explode when unwrapped

WordNet
parcel bomb

n. a thin explosive device inside an envelope or package and detonated when opened [syn: letter bomb, package bomb]

Usage examples of "parcel bomb".

He was marched up the wide steps of the mill, enclosed with the dripping walls festooned with fire- and parcel bomb warnings and urging the soldiers to be ever vigilant, and shown into the colonel's office.

There's a dozen ways - prussic acid in the caviar, the parcel bomb, the snake-in-the-mattress trick.