booking office

noun

, British.

1. a ticket office, especially one in a railway station.

Word History and Origins

Origin of booking office¹

First recorded in 1830–40

Example Sentences

And, smiling, he waved his hand and parted from his friend in the booking office of Ludgate Hill Station.

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I wonder if your Dr. Morgan saw Hans' footprint on the gangplank or the print of his thumb in a booking-office, or what.

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Alec squeezed himself through the throng of Europeans in the booking office, and managed to reach a spot just behind the magnate.

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"Booking office of the railway," said Dick, ten minutes later, seeing Carl descend and enter an office so labelled.

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I secured a first-class compartment at the booking-office and a guard conducted us to it and closed the door.

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