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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

carrier, carrier pigeon, homer, homing pigeon, mail car, mail coach, mail packet, mail train, mail truck, mailer, mailplane, pigeon post, post boat, post car, post coach, post-horse, post-office car, poster, railway mail car

Dictionary Results for packet boat:

1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

packet boat
    n 1: a boat for carrying mail [syn: mailboat, mail boat,
         packet, packet boat]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

packet \pack"et\ (p[a^]k"[e^]t), n. [F. paquet, dim. fr. LL.
   paccus, from the same source as E. pack. See Pack.]
   [1913 Webster]
   1. A small pack or package; a little bundle or parcel; as, a
      packet of letters. --Shak.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. Originally, a vessel employed by government to convey
      dispatches or mails; hence, a vessel employed in conveying
      dispatches, mails, passengers, and goods, and having fixed
      days of sailing; a mail boat.
      [1913 Webster]

   Packet boat, Packet ship, or Packet vessel. See
      Packet, n., 2.

   Packet day, the day for mailing letters to go by packet; or
      the sailing day.

   Packet note or Packet post. See under Paper.
      [1913 Webster]

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