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, referring to a travelling bag or pack. It was spelled in that manner until the 17th century and is distinct from the word "male" in reference to the biological sex and gender. The French have a similar word, malle, for a trunk or large box, and is the Irish term for a bag (whence mála spíosrach "spice bag"). In the 17th century, the word mail began to appear as a reference for a bag that contained letters: "bag full of letter" (1654). Over the next hundred years

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