mail car
Americannoun
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
Behind its locomotive and tender were eleven cars: a baggage and a mail car, two coaches, five Pullmans, a diner and an observation car.
From Time Magazine Archive
The blind baggage is the car between the mail car and the engine.
From Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves, North Carolina Narratives, Part 2 by Work Projects Administration
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