mail car

noun

Origin of mail car

First recorded in 1835–45

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It's hard enough on myself to be down ready for the mail-car in the morning, sorting letters in the half-dark.
Contemporary One-Act Plays | Sir James M. Barrie
She would see me into the mail-car—she said so herself—and then that mail-clerk relative of hers would carry me to Ogden.
The Road | Jack London
The blind baggage is the car between the mail car and the engine.
Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves, North Carolina Narratives, Part 2 | Work Projects Administration
Twenty miles to the southeast stood a train with a killed engine, hysterical passengers and a looted express and mail car.
Heart of the West | O. Henry
And gathering up the handful of tools, he climbed back over the coal and disappeared through the door of the mail car.
A Romance in Transit | Francis Lynde

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