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mailcatchers

mailcatchers is the plural of mailcatcher.

Meaning of mailcatcher

Noun

mailcatcher (plural mailcatchers)

  1. (historical) A device on a train for picking up mailbags while the train is in motion.
    Synonyms:
    catcher

Questions about mailcatchers

What is mailcatchers the plural of?
Mailcatchers is the plural of mailcatcher.

Words near mailcatchers in the dictionary

  1. mailcar
  2. mailcars
  3. mailcart
  4. mailcarts
  5. mailcatcher
  6. mailcatchers
  7. mailclad
  8. mailcoach
  9. mailcoaches
  10. mailcoat
  11. mailcoats

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Adapted from Wiktionary: mailcatchers (page history and authors); mailcatcher (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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