stagecoach, stage
(noun) a large coach-and-four formerly used to carry passengers and mail on regular routes between towns; “we went out of town together by stage about ten or twelve miles”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
stagecoach (plural stagecoaches)
Alternative spelling of stage-coach
stagecoach (third-person singular simple present stagecoaches, present participle stagecoaching, simple past and past participle stagecoached)
Alternative spelling of stage-coach
Stagecoach
A census-designated place in Lyon County, Nevada, United States.
Source: Wiktionary
Stage"coach`, n.
Definition: A coach that runs regularly from one stage, station, or place to another, for the conveyance of passengers.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
29 April 2024
(noun) a geological process in which one edge of a crustal plate is forced sideways and downward into the mantle below another plate
The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.
