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railway wrapper

railway wrapper noun: a blanket to cover the legs when travelling.

Noun

railway wrapper (plural railway wrappers)

  1. (archaic) A blanket to cover the legs when travelling.
    • I gave her a spare cloak and shared with her my railway-wrapper, but she seemed to grow paler and paler, and her features to wear a more anxious look as We went on1851, Charles Dickens, “The Uncommerical Traveller”, in Household Words

Forms of railway wrapper

pluralrailway wrappers

Questions about railway wrapper

What does railway wrapper mean?
Railway wrapper means a blanket to cover the legs when travelling.
What part of speech is railway wrapper?
Railway wrapper is a noun.
What is the plural of railway wrapper?
The plural of railway wrapper is railway wrappers.

Words near railway wrapper in the dictionary

  1. railway trucks
  2. railway vehicle
  3. railway vehicles
  4. railway wagon
  5. railway wagons
  6. railway wrapper
  7. railway wrappers
  8. railwayac
  9. railwayacs
  10. railwayana
  11. railwaydom

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