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mail car

American  

noun

  1. a railroad car for carrying mail.


Etymology

Origin of mail car

First recorded in 1835–45


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But the men guarding the Wells Fargo car and the mail car stood their ground.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 25, 2022

It features vintage airmail planes, a rail mail car, a 1931 Ford Model A postal truck.

From Washington Post ● Aug. 27, 2021

Postal Service mail car and the tight living quarters of a freight-train crew.

From Washington Times ● Oct. 27, 2014

Such thefts are counted among the common risks of mid-European travel, but to rob the mail car of the Orient Express is different.

From Time Magazine Archive

The parts man said he had the gear in stock and he would get it on the mail car that very day.

From The Life of Me; an autobiography by Clarence Edgar Johnson

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