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slip coaches

slip coaches is the plural of slip coach.

Meaning of slip coach

Noun

slip coach (plural slip coaches)

  1. A coach at the end of a long-distance train which carries passengers for an intermediate destination and is decoupled or "slipped" and left behind. (In bygone times the decoupling was done on the move; the rest of the train did not stop.)
    • Slip-coach workings on the Western Region, the last stronghold of this practice, are now reduced to two daily - at Didcot off the 7.0 a.m. Weston-super-Mare-Paddington; and at Bicester (Saturdays excepted) off the 5.10 p.m. Paddington-Wolverhampton.1960 February, “Talking of Trains: The vanishing slip-coach”, in Trains Illustrated, page 72
    Synonyms:
    slip carriage

Questions about slip coaches

What is slip coaches the plural of?
Slip coaches is the plural of slip coach.

Words near slip coaches in the dictionary

  1. slip boxes
  2. slip by
  3. slip case
  4. slip cases
  5. slip coach
  6. slip coaches
  7. slip dock
  8. slip docks
  9. slip down
  10. slip dress
  11. slip dresses

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