Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A railroad-train running during the night.
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Examples
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"Don't worry, Haldane," said his first acquaintance; "there is an owl-train along at eleven to-night, and you can mail your check or draft on that if you do not care to travel at such an unearthly hour."
A Knight of the Nineteenth Century Edward Payson Roe 1863
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"Burnside should cross the Rappahannock to-day or to-morrow, at the latest," Mr. Vosburgh had remarked at breakfast, to which he had come from the Washington owl-train.
An Original Belle Edward Payson Roe 1863
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