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noun

Mail n.

A bag; a wallet. (Obs.)

The bag or bags with the letters, papers, or other matter contained therein, conveyed under public authority from one post office to another; the whole system of appliances used by government in the conveyance and delivery of mail matter. "There is a mail come in to-day, with letters dated Hague."

That which comes in the mail; letters, etc., received through the post office.

A trunk, box, or bag, in which clothing, etc., may be carried. (Obs.)

Mail catcher, an iron rod, or other contrivance, attached to a railroad car for catching a mail bag while the train is in motion.

Mail guard, an officer whose duty it is to guard the public mails. (Eng.)

Mail train, a railroad train carrying the mail.

mail train n. A railroad train that carries mail.

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"Mail train" Quotes from Famous Books

... wearied of accompanying her to all racecourses and all theatres. Another would pretend that her husband was jealous, and that she daren't come to see him any more. But Evelyn would be quite different. In her case, he could not see further than driving to Charing Cross and getting into the mail train for Paris. She was worth the list, not a doubt of it. If he were only sure that he loved her, he would not hesitate. He was interested in her, he admired her, but did he love her? A genuine passion alone would make an ...

— Evelyn Innes • George Moore

... he said, "it is dangerous to go into the tubes. We do not allow it now. Last year a lady and gentleman were nearly killed in the Conway tube. I was the guard of the mail train; they had a ...

— Little Folks - A Magazine for the Young (Date of issue unknown) • Various

... the mail train had been sent off, Matvey was sitting in the refreshment bar, talking and drinking tea with ...

— The Bishop and Other Stories • Anton Chekhov

... lady had come by the mail train from London, with no heavy baggage, and had gone on board direct, taking what cabin she could get. A young lady in grey. Quite unprepared. Gave no name. Called away in ...

— Hilda Wade - A Woman With Tenacity Of Purpose • Grant Allen

... I have no doubt you have often heard repeated, that we have fallen upon strange times, and live in days of constant shiftings and changes. I had a melancholy instance of this only a week or two since. I was returning from Manchester to London by the Mail Train, when I suddenly fell into another train—a mixed train—of reflection, occasioned by the dejected and disconsolate demeanour of the Post-Office Guard. We were stopping at some station where they take in water, when he dismounted slowly from the little box in which ...

— Sketches by Boz - illustrative of everyday life and every-day people • Charles Dickens

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