Definitions
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- noun A
two-wheeled cart formerly used bypostmen to delivermail .
Etymologies
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Examples
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The driver of the mailcart at that time used to carry a large brass-mounted cavalry pistol, which was handed to him when he had mounted his box by one of the two old ladies who acted as the post-mistresses of Pickering.
The Evolution of an English Town Gordon Home 1923
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With long bouts of the gloves, with thirty-mile walks, with mile runs at the back of a mailcart with a bit of blood between the shafts, with interminable series of jumps with a skipping-rope, he was sweated down until his trainer was able to proudly proclaim that "the last ounce of tallow is off him and he is ready to fight for his life."
The Last Galley Impressions and Tales Arthur Conan Doyle 1894
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"We're such awful paupers we can't even pay for a mailcart in my District.
Actions and Reactions Rudyard Kipling 1900
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