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mule train
noun
- a line of pack mules or a line of wagons drawn by mules.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of mule train1
An Americanism dating back to 1840–50
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Example Sentences
It is certainly provoking that we lost the mule train of gold, particularly as we were betrayed by one of our own men.
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That night the Indian came back with word that the mule train laden with gold was close on the trail.
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Soon we observed a long mule train approaching from the east beyond Kearney.
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It was preceded by a long mule train transporting baggage and some invalids.
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Later in the day the commander of the Rough Riders also got to them part of a mule train of provisions.
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