stagecoach
noun
stage·coach
ˈstāj-ˌkōch 
: a horse-drawn passenger and mail coach running on a regular schedule between established stops
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Banners with photos of veterans and dead soldiers peer over sidewalks and legend has it that Jesse James lived here in an age of stagecoaches and outlaws.
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Jeffrey Fleishman, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2024
The route’s first iteration was as a stagecoach line north of Phoenix.
—Shelby Slade, The Arizona Republic, 13 Sep. 2024
Set in the early 18th century, a Sephardic Jewish family travels by stagecoach from their country home to New York City to their grandfather Luis’ large house.
—Penny Schwartz, Sun Sentinel, 29 Aug. 2024
Also less than an hour from New York, this time by car or train, is the Bedford Post Inn which was built in 1762 and operated as a stagecoach stop between New York and Boston.
—Laurie Werner, Forbes, 22 Oct. 2024
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Jeffrey Fleishman, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2024
The route’s first iteration was as a stagecoach line north of Phoenix.
—Shelby Slade, The Arizona Republic, 13 Sep. 2024
Set in the early 18th century, a Sephardic Jewish family travels by stagecoach from their country home to New York City to their grandfather Luis’ large house.
—Penny Schwartz, Sun Sentinel, 29 Aug. 2024
Also less than an hour from New York, this time by car or train, is the Bedford Post Inn which was built in 1762 and operated as a stagecoach stop between New York and Boston.
—Laurie Werner, Forbes, 22 Oct. 2024
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“Stagecoach.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stagecoach. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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stagecoach
noun
stage·coach
ˈstāj-ˌkōch
: a coach pulled by horses that carries passengers and mail and runs on a schedule between established stops
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