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mail train

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n.1.A railroad train that carries mail.
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Noun1.mail trainmail train - a train that carries mail            
mail car - a railway car in which mail is transported and sorted
railroad train, train - public transport provided by a line of railway cars coupled together and drawn by a locomotive; "express trains don't stop at Princeton Junction"
Translations
mail train n → treno postale
mail train n → treno postale


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The ordinary mail train leaves here at midnight with sleeping-cars.
The Illustrious Prince by Oppenheim, E. Phillips View in context
It was no light running now, nor record time, but heavy toil each day, with a heavy load behind; for this was the mail train, carrying word from the world to the men who sought gold under the shadow of the Pole.
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