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mail

/meɪl/ noun C2
  1. An old French coin worth half a denier. (countable, uncountable)

Plural mails

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Alexander Spencer today--the mail-man brought it from the station--saying they were coming on the five-thirty train tonight.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 7 · C1
His opened mail lay like a bank of stage snow on his crowded desk.
Six stories from The Four Million, p. 17 · C1
He set out, and on the Saturday evening reached the Place de la Douane by the mail-coach.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 347 · C1
War was again proclaimed, however, and when the trumpet summoned him to his standard, the Soldier put on his charger its military trappings, and mounted, being clad in his heavy coat of mail.
Three Hundred Aesop's Fables, p. 26 · B2

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