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mailcoach

British  
/ ˈmeɪlˌkəʊtʃ /

noun

  1. a railway coach specially constructed for the transportation of mail

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I pass over the ghostly mailcoach horses that flew through the night in “The Story of the Bagman’s Uncle,” flowing-maned, black horses. 

From Pickwickian Studies by Fitzgerald, Percy Hethrington

Dillon and Meagher left Dublin on the night of the 22nd of July by the mailcoach for Enniscorthy.

From The Felon's Track History Of The Attempted Outbreak In Ireland, Embracing The Leading Events In The Irish Struggle From The Year 1843 To The Close Of 1848 by Doheny, Michael

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