| 单词 | post-office car |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspost-office car post-office car n. U.S. (now historical) a mail van or carriage on a train. ΘΚΠ society > communication > correspondence > postal services > person or vehicle that carries letters or mail > [noun] > vehicle or vessel > railway vehicle mail coach1838 mail train1839 mail car1842 night mail1842 post-office car1851 mail1862 postal car1864 postal1891 1851 W. S. Bishop Ways & Highways App. 22 Commissioners..shall determine and fix..a fair compensation for the post-office car. 1883 Manch. Examiner 30 Oct. 8/4 There is..in every train..a post-office car, which contains..a letter box, in which letters may be deposited anywhere en route. 2004 Pittsburgh (Pa.) Post-Gaz. (Nexis) 3 Oct. h1 The 1930s train, with open gondola car and post-office car—the only one remaining in the United States—makes five stops between Titusville and Rynd Farm. < as lemmas |
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