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noun

a former system in the American West of carrying mail and express by relays of riders mounted on ponies, especially the system operating (1860–61) between St. Joseph, Missouri, and Sacramento, California.

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Origin of pony express

An Americanism dating back to 1840–50

Words nearby pony express

Pontus, Pontus Euxinus, Pontypool, Pontypridd, pony, pony express, Pony League, pony pack, ponytail, pony trekking, pony truss

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How to use pony express in a sentence

He prefers to express himself through Twitter and leave it at that.
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Of course, police have constitutional rights to express themselves.
A Veteran’s View: NYC Cold War Between Cops and City Hall|Matt Gallagher|December 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The NYPD remained his ultimate goal as he went to work as a carrier for Airborne Express/DHL and then as a school safety officer.
In The Shadow of Murdered Cops|Michael Daly|December 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The second is strangled tongue disease, the English inability to express real feelings in conversation.
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The idea that I might simply want to express my independent thoughts was alien to them.
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It is the development of character, the triumph of intellectuality and spirituality I have striven to express.'
Women in the fine arts, from the Seventh Century B.C. to the Twentieth Century A.D.|Clara Erskine Clement
The fire along the three miles front is like the rumble of an express train running over fog signals.
Gallipoli Diary, Volume I|Ian Hamilton
If one has thoughts to express, it is possible to learn very soon some method of construction.
The Homesteader|Oscar Micheaux
You know I don't express myself easily; so, if I break out this way, you may know what I feel.
Confidence|Henry James
A little corral for the sheep, and a rough shed for the pony, and the home was complete: far the prettiest home they had ever had.
Ramona|Helen Hunt Jackson

British Dictionary definitions for pony express

pony express

noun

(in the American West) a system of mail transport that employed relays of riders and mounts, esp that operating from Missouri to California in 1860–61

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Cultural definitions for pony express

Pony Express

A system of mail service by relays of riders on horses, established in 1860 between Missouri and California, through the Rocky Mountains. It operated for only a year and a half, until a telegraph line eliminated the need for it.

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An early advertisement for Pony Express riders is well known: “Wanted: Young, skinny, wiry fellows not over eighteen. Must be expert riders, willing to risk death daily. Orphans preferred.”

notes for Pony Express

Buffalo Bill (see also BuffaloBill) Cody and Wild Bill Hickok were Pony Express riders in their youth.

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