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mail·catch·er
/
ˈmeɪlˌkætʃ
ər
/
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[
meyl
-kach-er
]
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noun
Railroads
.
a device on a
mail car
that, while the train is moving, picks up mailbags suspended beside the track.
Origin:
1870–75,
Americanism
;
mail
1
+
catcher
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