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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

Example Sentences

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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

Like the snapper on a circus whip, the engine was tossed in the air and flipped backward, crushing the mail car behind it.

From Time Magazine Archive

They made a few shopping excursions into town, walking the mile and more by taking their time, and returning with their shopping load in the station-master's taxicab mail car.

From The Fourth R by George Oliver Smith

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