Stephen stood up and went over to the parapet. Leaning on it he looked down on the water and on the mailboat clearing the harbourmouth of Kingstown.
Source: wiktionary
Mailboat
Synonyms for "mailboat" (3 found)
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Noun(1 words)
Strong matches (1)
Noun(1 words)
Related words (1)
Noun(1 words)
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Translations
4 translations across 4 languages.
French
1 entries- courrier noun (a boat used to transport mail)
German
1 entries- Postschiff noun (a boat used to transport mail)
Greek
1 entries- ταχυδρομικό πλοίο noun (a boat used to transport mail)
Ido
1 entries- kurieronavo noun (a boat used to transport mail)
Sample sentences
3 total sentences available.
[…] the news and propaganda in imperialistic papers imported once a month by the mail-boat from the South lacked power because it lacked continuity and was stale.
Source: wiktionary
This train has to await the arrival at Kingsbridge of a train from Dun Laoghaire pier which leaves the latter on arrival of the mailboat from Holyhead.
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