单词 | mail guard |
释义 | > as lemmasmail guard mail guard n. the guard of a mail coach. ΚΠ 1790 J. Wolcot Advice to Future Laureat in Wks. (1812) II. 341 The Mail guard To load his blunderbuss and blow his horn. 1844 Act 7 & 8 Victoria c. 85 §11 It shall be also lawful for the Postmaster General to send any Mail Guard with Bags..by any Trains other than a Mail Train. 1982 J. Mackay Guinness Bk. Stamps 31 The coachmen and mail guards were popularly known as ‘the phantoms of the night’. < as lemmas |
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