单词 | machine-driver |
释义 | > as lemmasmachine-driver machine-driver n. now historical the driver of a mail coach. ΘΚΠ society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > transport by relays of horses or vehicles > [noun] > travelling by means of post-horses > driver of post-horses yamstchik1753 post driver1801 stage-driver1825 machine-driver1893 1893 H. Joyce Hist. Post Office xii. 215 In that year [sc. 1784], and for some little time afterwards, coaches which carried the mails were called diligences or machines, and the coachmen were called machine-drivers. < as lemmas |
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