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nouna railroad car for carrying mail. Origin of mail carFirst recorded in 1835–45 Words nearby mail carmailable, mailbag, mailboat, mail bomb, mailbox, mail car, mail carrier, mailcatcher, mail-cheeked, mailcoach, mail drop Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for mail carAt length a sound, and an approaching object, proved to them that the driver of the mail-car had been as good as his word. Tess of the d'Urbervilles|Thomas Hardy I was on the mail-car, traversing this road in the reverse direction. Gairloch In North-West Ross-Shire|John H. Dixon, F.S.A. Scot The fact was evident that Albert Cullen either had fired his Winchester up by the mail-car, or else had not fired it at all. The Great K. & A. Robbery|Paul Liechester Ford Just as we coupled to the mail-car a crowd of strikers swarmed out of the dusk. The Nerve of Foley|Frank H. Spearman
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