mailcatcher

mailcatcher
/mayl"kach'euhr/, n. Railroads.
a device on a mail car that, while the train is moving, picks up mailbags suspended beside the track.
[1870-75, Amer.; MAIL1 + CATCHER]

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  • mailcatcher — /mayl kach euhr/, n. Railroads. a device on a mail car that, while the train is moving, picks up mailbags suspended beside the track. [1870 75, Amer.; MAIL1 + CATCHER] …   Useful english dictionary

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