Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A four-wheeled horse-drawn vehicle formerly used to transport mail and passengers over a regular route.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A coach that runs by stages; a coach that runs regularly every day or on stated days between two places, for the conveyance of passengers. Also
stage .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A coach that runs regularly from one stage, station, or place to another, for the conveyance of passengers.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Alternative spelling of
stage-coach .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a large coach-and-four formerly used to carry passengers and mail on regular routes between towns
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Examples
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On the back of the stagecoach is the sign “To Salt Lake City.”
Current Movie Reviews, Independent Movies - Film Threat 2005
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A lot of time went into that stagecoach, which is understandable.
The Naked Truth 2008
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Meeting new men in those days, when even the stagecoach was a passing show worth going miles to see, was an event.
Little Journeys To the Homes of the Great Hubbard, Elbert, 1856-1915 1916
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Meeting new men in those days, when even the stagecoach was a passing show worth going miles to see, was an event.
Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 03 Little Journeys to the Homes of American Statesmen Elbert Hubbard 1885
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For people waiting for news, visitors and the delivery of the mail, the arrival of the stagecoach was a big event.
ArchivesBlogs Guided by History 2010
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Adults and children alike can also experience the Old West by catching a ride in a stagecoach, which is free with museum admission.
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Woodling says the stagecoach was his first large-scale project and that he doesn't intend to tackle another.
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He disembarked at Bordeaux, in France, and joining a merry company, traveled with them in a kind of stagecoach called a diligence.
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It's code-name is "stagecoach", but the name "beast" came from the fact that it is incredibly heavy and has an powerful wheelbase.
Black Entertainment, Money, Style and Beauty Blogs - Black Voices PhD Boyce Watkins 2010
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It's code-name is "stagecoach", but the name "beast" came from the fact that it is incredibly heavy and has an powerful wheelbase.
Black Entertainment, Money, Style and Beauty Blogs - Black Voices 2010
jmjarmstrong commented on the word stagecoach
JM wonders if drama instructors prefer to travel by stagecoach.
August 13, 2011