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PONY EXPRESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does pony express mean? 

PONY EXPRESS (noun)
  The noun PONY EXPRESS has 1 sense:

1. express mail carried by relays of riders on horseback; especially between Missouri and California around 1860play

  Familiarity information: PONY EXPRESS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


PONY EXPRESS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Express mail carried by relays of riders on horseback; especially between Missouri and California around 1860

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("pony express" is a kind of...):

express; express mail (mail that is distributed by a rapid and efficient system)


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