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railway wrappers

railway wrappers is the plural of railway wrapper.

Meaning of railway wrapper

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

Questions about railway wrappers

What is railway wrappers the plural of?
Railway wrappers is the plural of railway wrapper.

Words near railway wrappers in the dictionary

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

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