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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Meanwhile the arches present in the shelving nods to the factory’s furnaces, and the display cases take inspiration from trunks that preciously carried Baccarat pieces to the World Fair on stagecoaches throughout the 19th century.
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Marissa Muller, WWD, 12 Feb. 2025
Two decades later, the U.S. government gave the Southern Pacific Railway a right-of-way to build its railroad straight through the Coachella Valley and Cahuilla territory, piggybacking off early stagecoach routes.
—Michael Albertus, TIME, 15 Jan. 2025
Aging mansions, castles, stagecoaches, distraught women in nightgowns, and a madman in an asylum are all present and accounted for.
—Scott Phillips, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
Elijah Robertson House Elijah Robertson, the nephew of Gen. James Robertson, built a stagecoach stop and tavern at 7704 Old Charlotte Avenue sometime around 1820.
—Rachel Wegner, The Tennessean, 18 Nov. 2024
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Marissa Muller, WWD, 12 Feb. 2025
Two decades later, the U.S. government gave the Southern Pacific Railway a right-of-way to build its railroad straight through the Coachella Valley and Cahuilla territory, piggybacking off early stagecoach routes.
—Michael Albertus, TIME, 15 Jan. 2025
Aging mansions, castles, stagecoaches, distraught women in nightgowns, and a madman in an asylum are all present and accounted for.
—Scott Phillips, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
Elijah Robertson House Elijah Robertson, the nephew of Gen. James Robertson, built a stagecoach stop and tavern at 7704 Old Charlotte Avenue sometime around 1820.
—Rachel Wegner, The Tennessean, 18 Nov. 2024
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“Stagecoach.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stagecoach. Accessed 2 Mar. 2025.
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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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