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mailboats

mailboats is the plural of mailboat.

Meaning of mailboat

Noun

mailboat (plural mailboats)

  1. A boat used to transport mail.
    • Stephen stood up and went over to the parapet. Leaning on it he looked down on the water and on the mailboat clearing the harbourmouth of Kingstown.1922 February 2, James Joyce, Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company […], →OCLC
    Synonyms:
    mailship

Questions about mailboats

What is mailboats the plural of?
Mailboats is the plural of mailboat.

Words near mailboats in the dictionary

  1. mailbag
  2. mailbags
  3. mailbase
  4. mailbases
  5. mailboat
  6. mailboats
  7. mailbomb
  8. mailbombed
  9. mailbombing
  10. mailbombs
  11. mailbox

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