pony express

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noun pony express a former system in the American West of carrying mail and express by relays of riders mounted on ponies, especially the system operating (1860–61) between St. Joseph, Missouri, and Sacramento, California. 1
noun pony express (in the American West) a system of mail transport that employed relays of riders and mounts, esp that operating from Missouri to California in 1860–61 0
noun pony express a system of carrying and delivering mail by riders on swift ponies; specif., such a system in operation from April, 1860, to October, 1861, between St. Joseph, Mo., and Sacramento, Calif. 0

before 1840

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An Americanism dating back to 1840-50

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