51Թ

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mailcatcher

[meyl-kach-er]

noun

Railroads.

  1. a device on a mail car that, while the train is moving, picks up mailbags suspended beside the track.

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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of mailcatcher1

An Americanism dating back to 1870–75; mail 1 + catcher

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