stagecoach
noun
stage·coach
ˈstāj-ˌkōch 
: a horse-drawn passenger and mail coach running on a regular schedule between established stops
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Ruby Miller said that Brad will have a chance to add his own twist to the menu at Carlo & Johnny, which opened in 2001 and is housed in a historic mansion that was once a speakeasy and a stagecoach stop.
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Keith Pandolfi, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
Whereas oxen carts, wagons and stagecoaches once made travel of people or goods to and from Austin from anywhere else a discouraging task on muddy or dusty roads, suddenly the world waited at the city's front door.
—Michael Barnes, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
The project amused Shaw-Rimmington—he’d never seen an actual stagecoach house built in that way, and certainly not in California.
—Jennie Rothenberg Gritz, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 July 2025
Fun fact: this property was a stop on the original stagecoach route to Yosemite in the 1870s.
—Jen Murphy, Outside Online, 30 Jan. 2025
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Keith Pandolfi, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
Whereas oxen carts, wagons and stagecoaches once made travel of people or goods to and from Austin from anywhere else a discouraging task on muddy or dusty roads, suddenly the world waited at the city's front door.
—Michael Barnes, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
The project amused Shaw-Rimmington—he’d never seen an actual stagecoach house built in that way, and certainly not in California.
—Jennie Rothenberg Gritz, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 July 2025
Fun fact: this property was a stop on the original stagecoach route to Yosemite in the 1870s.
—Jen Murphy, Outside Online, 30 Jan. 2025
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“Stagecoach.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stagecoach. Accessed 14 Jul. 2025.
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stagecoach
noun
stage·coach
ˈstāj-ˌkōch
: a coach pulled by horses that carries passengers and mail and runs on a schedule between established stops
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