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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Aging mansions, castles, stagecoaches, distraught women in nightgowns, and a madman in an asylum are all present and accounted for.
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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
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.
—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
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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
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.
—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
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“Stagecoach.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stagecoach. Accessed 26 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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