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Mailboat

noun
1.
A boat for carrying mail.  Synonyms: mail boat, packet, packet boat.






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"Mailboat" Quotes from Famous Books



... of us all. He sweats blood and water, his fury carries him away at the risk of his being massacred. Many times we have to rescue him. These rails lifted, this train stopped, this attack in the open Gobi desert, the delays that it will all occasion, the mailboat lost at Tientsin, the voyage round the world spoiled, his plan come to grief before he had half accomplished it! What a shock ...
— The Adventures of a Special Correspondent • Jules Verne

... because this was the last time I saw the Nelson bungalow. On arriving at the Straits I found cable messages which made it necessary for me to throw up my employment at a moment's notice and go home at once. I had a desperate scramble to catch the mailboat which was due to leave next day, but I found time to write two short notes, one to Freya, the other to Jasper. Later on I wrote at length, this time to Allen alone. I got no answer. I hunted up then his brother, or, ...
— 'Twixt Land & Sea • Joseph Conrad



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