pony express

Speech parts

1. pony express - Noun

2. Pony express - Proper noun

Meaning

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

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

post postal service station house fast mail priority mail mail system express courier service express post express and courier express mail service express mail services express services bike messenger bony express express courier

Hypernyms

express express mail

Examples

The first trip of the Pony Express was made in ten days - an average of two hundred miles a day. But we soon began stretching our riders and making better time. Buffalo Bill

Excitement was plentiful during my two years' service as a Pony Express rider. Buffalo Bill

The Gold Rush and the Pony Express made Sacramento a substantial place in terms of enterprise. Wayne Thiebaud

After completing eight weekly trips from both Sacramento and Saint Joseph, the Pony Express was forced to suspend mail services because of the outbreak of the Paiute Indian War in May 1860. Source: Internet

Alexander Majors, one of the founders of the Pony Express, had acquired more than 400 horses for the project. Source: Internet

April 3, 2010 was the Pony Express' 150th anniversary. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

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